WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:01:51.8380000" NOTE recognizability:0.911 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.700 The law survived a lot of NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:02.700 --> 00:00:05.510 challenges so far until yesterday. NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:05.510 --> 00:00:06.938 On Wednesday, a federal NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:06.940 --> 00:00:09.130 judge in Austin ordered Texas to NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:09.130 --> 00:00:10.880 suspend the so-called heartbeat law, NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:13.736 which bans abortions as early as six weeks. NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:15.168 The judge effectively putting NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:15.170 --> 00:00:16.602 SBA on hold. First, NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:16.602 --> 00:00:18.392 it ordered all Texas judges. NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:20.185 You cannot hear any cases NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:20.185 --> 00:00:22.340 based on this law, and second, NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:22.340 --> 00:00:24.500 the judge said that Texans me NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:24.500 --> 00:00:26.988 and you are not allowed to sue. NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:26.990 --> 00:00:29.138 Based on SBA, Texas quickly appealed. NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:29.140 --> 00:00:31.744 So what does this mean for women? NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:31.750 --> 00:00:33.696 If a clinic performs an abortion now NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:33.696 --> 00:00:35.858 and let's say the Court of Appeal NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:35.858 --> 00:00:37.670 says tomorrow, you can't do that, NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:37.670 --> 00:00:38.850 they could be sued. NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:38.850 --> 00:00:40.782 So they're opening this up to liability NOTE Confidence: 0.909831 00:00:40.782 --> 00:00:42.410 by performing an abortion early. NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:00:42.410 --> 00:00:44.475 It's a risk some clinics are willing NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:46.545 to take. Yes, that phone call volume NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:00:46.545 --> 00:00:48.028 has increased. Whole Woman's health NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:00:48.030 --> 00:00:49.202 provides abortion services at NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:00:49.202 --> 00:00:50.667 its locations in McKinney and NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:00:50.667 --> 00:00:52.470 Fort Worth. We were able to NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:00:52.470 --> 00:00:53.830 actually provide some abortions today NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:00:53.830 --> 00:00:56.020 of folks who had done their consenting, NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:00:56.020 --> 00:00:57.208 already. Founder, Amy Hagstrom NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:00:57.210 --> 00:00:58.975 Miller said they have physicians NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:00:58.975 --> 00:01:00.387 who are comfortable performing NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:01:00.387 --> 00:01:01.996 abortions in the midst of all this. NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:03.268 Legal back and forth, NOTE Confidence: 0.9144242 00:01:03.268 --> 00:01:04.860 but some are nervous. It's NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:04.860 --> 00:01:06.445 hard thing to think about NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:06.445 --> 00:01:07.713 any abortion you provide, NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:07.720 --> 00:01:09.634 even with an injunction could be NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:09.634 --> 00:01:11.858 seen as criminal a year from now. NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:11.860 --> 00:01:14.500 Six months from now, and you could be NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:14.500 --> 00:01:16.628 held accountable for every one of those. NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:16.630 --> 00:01:18.220 It's pretty daunting. While we're NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:18.220 --> 00:01:20.026 very disappointed that the judge has NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:20.026 --> 00:01:21.621 taken action to block enforcement NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:21.621 --> 00:01:23.306 of the Texas Heartbeat Act, NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:23.310 --> 00:01:24.578 two appointment is the NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:24.580 --> 00:01:25.848 executive director for Texas NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:25.848 --> 00:01:27.440 Alliance for Life. The law NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:27.440 --> 00:01:30.320 has been in effect for about 35 days and NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:32.988 each day that law has been in effect. NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:32.990 --> 00:01:35.076 Is protected some babies from what we NOTE Confidence: 0.9117279 00:01:35.076 --> 00:01:37.300 consider to be a tragedy of abortion. NOTE Confidence: 0.905926 00:01:37.300 --> 00:01:38.830 The Pro Life organization hopes NOTE Confidence: 0.905926 00:01:38.830 --> 00:01:40.690 the Court of Appeals will block NOTE Confidence: 0.905926 00:01:40.690 --> 00:01:41.918 the judges order and NOTE Confidence: 0.905926 00:01:41.918 --> 00:01:43.146 restore the heartbeat law. NOTE Confidence: 0.905926 00:01:43.150 --> 00:01:44.390 Women are seeking compassionate NOTE Confidence: 0.905926 00:01:44.390 --> 00:01:45.308 alternatives to abortion. NOTE Confidence: 0.905926 00:01:45.308 --> 00:01:46.551 We're getting that, anecdotally, NOTE Confidence: 0.905926 00:01:46.551 --> 00:01:48.477 around the state. We think out NOTE Confidence: 0.905926 00:01:48.477 --> 00:01:50.547 all that is a very good thing. NOTE Confidence: 0.905926 00:01:50.550 --> 00:01:51.838 And Alice America sense.