this is issuing the mandate process typically takes three weeks. why do the abortion providers want it to happen now and what are the chances they will get that. reporter: this is a hard one to handicap but one thing is clear the opposition by texas to this move shows state officials will fight every challenge of their abortion law as hard as they can. the way it works, the supreme court decision doesn t typically have legal force until the court formally provides notice to the lower court where the case came from. that s known as issuing the mandate. it can take up to 25 days. now the lawyers for the abortion providers are asking the court to send that notice immediately to the federal district court in texas where the case began. they say the quick action would be consistent with how rapidly the court moved to hear to decide the case and the delay they are saying has consequences because they say that for more than 100 days, thousands of