Debevoise & Plimpton LLP litigation partner Shannon Selden, outside counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights, spoke with Law.com’s Legal Speak podcast series about the considerable hardships the new Texas abortion law creates for women and girls, the challenges in fighting a law with an unprecedented mechanism for enforcement, and legal questions that may be raised in the U.S. Department of Justice’s action seeking to block the law.

Shannon has been heavily involved in efforts to protect women’s reproductive rights and is actively leading in the current fight to challenge Texas’ SB-8.