The ruling means physicians must wait until patients are dangerously ill before terminating their pregnancies - in some cases resulting in otherwise preventable health complications.
Some left the state for care. Others, including lead plaintiff Amanda Zurawski, had to wait until they contracted sepsis, a life-threatening infection, before they could receive an abortion.
Plaintiffs wanted clarity from the state about when people facing dangerous pregnancy complications could receive abortions. Texas is the largest state in the country to have banned abortions.
The Texas lawsuit also inspired comparable litigation in Tennessee and Idaho; both cases, also filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, are still ongoing.
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