Texas abortion providers study whether clinics could reopen

AUSTIN, Texas — Abortion providers cheered a move by the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily block part of a Texas law that would have closed more than half the state’s 19 remaining abortion clinics.

[...] antiabortion advocates insisted Monday’s ruling, while at least a short-term victory for abortion providers, isn’t as sweeping as those groups hope.

Both sides agree the two-paragraph order blocks a requirement that would mandate abortion facilities be constructed like surgical centers.

[...] abortion rights groups say the regulations have only one aim: to make it harder, if not impossible, for women to get abortions in Texas.