activity is detected. that law flies in the face of precedent from the supreme court banning abortions after 24 weeks which is viability. the unusual legislative scheme that came out of texas and the anti-abortion legislators was the following. normally as a private citizen you can go to court, the constitutionality of the law is determined. sb 8 is unusual. it says to state officials in texas you are not allowed to enforce this law. instead private laws enforce the law. that means thus far there s two pending lawsuits in the state courts. one from a guy in arkansas and one from a guy in illinois. you don t have to live in texas to sue an abortion provider. so while those state court cases are pending, the supreme court is going to decide who can sue.