october that the conservative-leaning fifth circuit court of appeals sided with texas. this legal fight could ultimately head to the supreme court. last month the high court allowed texas to move forward with the law that bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks when most women don t know they re pregnant. and there are no exceptions in cases of rape or insist. the restrictive nature has women traveling to other states to get an abortion. there s hurdles like time and money. and as we report, it disproportionately affects women of color. reporter: in the six weeks since texas s controversial abortion law went into effect, a lot has happened, but not much has changed. and that s putting advocates, patients, and women s health care providers on edge. this is kind of quite literally the wild wild west or we could call it the wild wild
past couple of weeks. i was on the front lines. take a listen. in the six weeks since the controversial abortion law in texas went into affect, a lot happened. not much changed. that s putting advocates, patients and women s health care providers on edge. quite literally the wild, wild west, or call it the wild, wild southwest. reporter: michelle goodwin is a professor at uc irvine who sprewellizes in intersections of medicine, health and law. the law is so broadly written. i ve read, reread and reread. it provides no definition what it means to aid and abet. reporter: taken effect september 1st the most restrictive abortion law in the country banning after feet activity is detected around six weeks but doesn t criminalize abortion outright. instead dep tootizes private citizens who can target anyone who helped end a pregnancy with
this coming monday, i will reintroduce that critical legislation to redirect planned parenthood funding. we will redirect planned parenthood funding to other eligible women s health care providers. congress greatest role and potentially overturning roe v. wade will come and confirmation hearings for a new supreme court nominee. the president has promised to name his pick as early as thursday, democrats found divided all the way. i am hopeful that maybe president trump would nominate someone who is mainstream and could get bipartisan support. we shall see. but if they don t, yes, we will fight it to hand nail. republicans are confident they can overcome any democratic attempts to block a nominee. the president has waited, they counterpunch are in chief, calling them obstructionist and even threatening to pull the full nuclear option meaning a
this coming monday, i will reintroduce that critical legislation to redirect planned parenthood funding. we will redirect planned parenthood funding to other eligible women s health care providers. congress greatest role and potentially overturning roe v. wade will come and confirmation hearings for a new supreme court nominee. the president has promised to name his pick as early as thursday, democrats found divided all the way. i am hopeful that maybe president trump would nominate someone who is mainstream and could get bipartisan support. we shall see. but if they don t, yes, we will fight it to hand nail. republicans are confident they can overcome any democratic attempts to block a nominee. the president has waited, they counterpunch are in chief, calling them obstructionist and even threatening to pull the full nuclear option meaning a
and talk about actually the thousands of incredible staff at planned parenthood and other women s health care providers aacross the country who get up every day and go to work and provide health care. i m so proud of the resilience of our staff that even despite this tragedy, we opened our doors again on saturday. all across the country and since the events that have unfolded in colorado springs, thousands of women have come us to for health care and they do every single day. and, again, their health and safety is our primary concern. and what i think is really important is this is most women will come to planned parenthood and never see this kind of behavior. but when we do see it, i think we have to call it out. again, we re pleased to be working with law enforcement about. this i do think it s really important for politicians to think long and hard about the ways in which they talk about doctors providing legal abortion services to women in america and to the women nearly three mill