i m joined by attorney katie fang. katie, the court is considering a portion of the law and it s the part that deputizes private citizens to sue clinics, doctors and someone that drove a woman to an abortion clinic. some have compared this to bounty hunting. how did the court respond to this when they heard this case? yeah. so alex, that s a good point. i want to put everybody at ease. the life and death of roe v. wade will not be determined tomorrow. there s a concern that roe v. wade will be overturned tomorrow why that won t happen even if the supreme court issues a ruling tomorrow. on november 1 the supreme court heard oral arguments about sb 8, a law in texas. line you just mentioned it bans abortion when fetal cardiac
good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, october 7. i m john berman with brianna keilar. breaking overnight, a federal judge blocked the abortion ban in texas. the judge siding with the biden administration was sued after the supreme court declined to step in and block the texas law. this is a law that bans abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected. that s usually around six weeks before most women even know they re pregnant. the texas law also effectively deputizes its citizens, allowing them to sue clinics, doctors, nurses, even lyft drivers who may take a woman to get an abortion. in his scathing 113-page ruling, the judge here said, from the moment sb-8 went into effect, women have been unlawfully prevented from