WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:01:44.6160000" NOTE recognizability:0.906 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.89536995 00:00:06.060 --> 00:00:07.038 A controversial Texas NOTE Confidence: 0.89536995 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:09.168 law banning abortions as early as six NOTE Confidence: 0.89536995 00:00:09.168 --> 00:00:11.839 weeks has been put on hold and some NOTE Confidence: 0.89536995 00:00:11.839 --> 00:00:13.534 state clinics have resumed abortions. NOTE Confidence: 0.89536995 00:00:13.540 --> 00:00:15.165 A federal judge in Austin NOTE Confidence: 0.89536995 00:00:15.165 --> 00:00:16.790 issued that ruling last night. NOTE Confidence: 0.89536995 00:00:16.790 --> 00:00:18.734 Now the state plans to appeal NOTE Confidence: 0.89536995 00:00:18.734 --> 00:00:19.706 the decision difficult. NOTE Confidence: 0.89536995 00:00:19.710 --> 00:00:21.400 Solis talked with legal experts NOTE Confidence: 0.89536995 00:00:21.400 --> 00:00:23.763 about what this means for the future NOTE Confidence: 0.89536995 00:00:23.763 --> 00:00:25.884 of abortions in Texas and has more. NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:27.250 --> 00:00:28.285 Senate Bill eight, NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:28.285 --> 00:00:30.700 also known as the fetal heartbeat law, NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:30.700 --> 00:00:33.092 is suspended for now in a 113 page NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:33.092 --> 00:00:35.877 ruling on the United States versus Texas, NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:37.256 which challenges whether the NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:37.256 --> 00:00:38.976 law is constitutional or not. NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:38.980 --> 00:00:41.283 U S District Judge Robert Pitman ordered NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:41.283 --> 00:00:43.753 the state to suspend the law that NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:43.753 --> 00:00:45.877 bans most abortions after six weeks. NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:46.918 It was very NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:49.330 thorough. It was very intricate, but I NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:49.330 --> 00:00:52.090 don't know how much it changes right away. NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:52.090 --> 00:00:53.895 Josh Blackman, a constitutional law NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:53.895 --> 00:00:56.032 professor with the South Texas College NOTE Confidence: 0.9289734 00:00:56.032 --> 00:00:58.300 of Law, says the decision is broad. NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:00:58.460 --> 00:01:00.441 It basically says that every single judge NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:00.441 --> 00:01:02.762 in Texas is barred from even hearing a NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:02.762 --> 00:01:05.140 case and that every person in Texas is NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:05.140 --> 00:01:06.952 prohibited from actually filing a case. NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:08.843 It basically tries to knock out the NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:08.843 --> 00:01:11.057 law in its entirely from the route NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:11.060 --> 00:01:12.435 he believes Texas will seek NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:12.435 --> 00:01:13.810 an emergency stay with the NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:13.868 --> 00:01:15.448 Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:15.450 --> 00:01:16.900 which would put Pitman's ruling NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:18.680 on hold if they clinic start NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:19.556 performing abortions today. NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:19.556 --> 00:01:21.016 Right now as we speak, NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:21.020 --> 00:01:22.748 and let's say tomorrow the Court NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:22.748 --> 00:01:24.828 of Appeals puts a ruling on hold, NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:24.830 --> 00:01:26.588 that clinic could then be sued. NOTE Confidence: 0.89866704 00:01:26.590 --> 00:01:28.348 Performing an abortion violation of SBA. NOTE Confidence: 0.89107966 00:01:28.530 --> 00:01:30.240 If a stay is granted, NOTE Confidence: 0.89107966 00:01:30.240 --> 00:01:32.412 Blackmon says the case would head NOTE Confidence: 0.89107966 00:01:32.412 --> 00:01:34.670 to the Supreme Court as early as NOTE Confidence: 0.89107966 00:01:34.670 --> 00:01:37.099 next week unless the US Preme court NOTE Confidence: 0.89107966 00:01:37.099 --> 00:01:39.102 says Texas stop it. The clinic NOTE Confidence: 0.89107966 00:01:39.102 --> 00:01:41.148 still face liability if they allow NOTE Confidence: 0.89107966 00:01:41.150 --> 00:01:42.850 abortions to proceed in Houston. NOTE Confidence: 0.89107966 00:01:42.850 --> 00:01:44.615 David Gonzalas KHRU 11 news.