There is to a side, this court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such important right. nancy northam is in the senate and ceo and nonprofit law firm that has been leading the legal charge against abortion bans, including the state of texas. she joins me now. nancy, i have not read the entire under 13 pages at the decision. but i ve read a big chunk of. it and i found myself saying, again, i m not a lawyer not a. judge obviously yes, they tried to get away with it. basically the decision is, we see what you re doing. it is a beautiful decision by judge pittman, he makes very clear and those 100 plus pages that it is a blatantly unconstitutional law. it is a devious scheme that texas stand up, and that it can t just deputize other people to do its work and get away with it. so, it s very carefully reason, goes through every argument that the state of texas makes them rejects it.
Law pioneered an entirely novel structure in which the curtailment of the constitutional right to abortion was left entirely in the hands of private citizens to enforce and ergo there was no one for the court to enjoy. whoopsy. but then the biden administration stepped in and they sued the state of texas which is something they can do but private parties cannot. the department of justice said the state resorted to vigilante justice. so far it s working. last night a federal judge blocked the texas abortion ban for now. they ve sided with the department of justice in a strongly worded 113 page ruling. writing, quote, from the moment the law went into effect women have been unlawfully prevented from exercising control over their lives in ways that were protected by the constitution. this court will not sanction one more day of this offensive
From this judge. i mean, i think judge pittman was incredibly clear. this was a scheme to deny the constitutional protection, constitutional rights for the people of texas who could get pregnant. i think that it was incredibly compelling and thoughtful, the ways in which the patient s stories, you know, to remember that the patients are at the center of this ban, they re on the other side of it, the patient impact, i thought, was particularly compelling and it was really, i mean, very important victory, however long it lasts in texas for, i think, people who support access to abortion. well, you and he, judge pittman, i m speaking of, acknowledge that this fight is not over. let me read a little more from this ruling. that other courts may find a way to avoid this conclusion is theirs to decide. this court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right. this now goes to, and we know, the attorney general there says
Blocking the state s six-week abortion ban after the biden administration challenged it. is it a big win? can you classify it that way? it s a big win for now, don. and it s really a big win for the women of texas who now will be able to assuming that abortion providers resume their services obtain their constitutionally allowed abortion procedures. the problem is that the state of texas has indicated it will appeal this injunction to the fifth circuit, arguably, the most conservative in the nation in terms of the federal courts. we will see what they do. but for the moment, yes, a big win because the status quo of abortion rights in america is now back in place for the moment. so let s talk about the judge s language in this when she made this ruling or he made this ruling, excuse me. calling this a flagrantly unconstitutional law and an offensive deprivation of such an important right. how significant is that? well, it was blistering, i mean, really just pittman had no
$200-per-month for unvaccinated staff putting their rate at 85%. i think we ll blveth i m ds stance. reporter: henry harteveldt predicts dealt will eventually give in. they have no choice. it s mandate vaccinesor losing government contracts, which for delta are worth many millions of dollars. reporter: there is also a new push for all airline passengers to be fully vaccinated after a bill was introduced in congress. all of the major cariers, though, have resisted going that far. meanwhile, our neighbors to the north are already there. prime minister junebug announced by the end of this month you must be fully vaccinated to fly anywhere in canada. o donnell: that s a big development. errol barnett, thank you. now to texas, where abortions resumed today at some clinics. that s after a federal judge blocked the country s most-restrictive abors law, calling it an offensive