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Abortion providers in Texas asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to reverse an appeals court ruling that would leave the state with 10 abortion clinics, down from more than 40. Should the court agree to hear the case, as appears likely, it could issue its first major abortion ruling since 2007 before its next term ends in June. (Liptak, 9/3)

Texas abortion providers say they expect the U.S. Supreme Court to take up their appeal asking the court to review a 2013 law that would force half of the state’s remaining abortion clinics to close if it is allowed to go into effect in full. The Supreme Court signaled in June that it would probably take up the case when justices voted 5-4 to put a lower appeals court decision to uphold the law on hold. If the case moves forward, it will be the most significant challenge to abortion law in over 20 years. (Martin, 9/3)

Calling it a pivotal moment for abortion rights in the United States, women’s health care providers on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Texas’ controversial anti-abortion law. The providers want the justices to strike down two Republican-backed provisions from Texas’ 2013 law that they say would reduce by 75 percent the number of abortion clinics in the nation’s second largest state, to as few as 10 — a tiny number compared to the 500 clinics in California and 250 in New York. (Ruger, 9/3)

Abortion care providers filed a petition this week to the U.S. Supreme Court asking the court to review their case against Texas’ far-reaching restrictions that have already shuttered more than two dozen clinics. The Supreme Court suspended the enforcement of strict standards on abortion clinics in Texas in late June following a lower court ruling that upheld most of the 2013 abortion law, known as House Bill 2. (McSwayne, 9/3)

Texas abortion providers asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to hear their challenge to the state's Republican-backed restrictions on abortions that they contend are aimed more at shutting clinics than protecting women's health. If the Supreme Court hears the appeal, it would be one of the most anticipated cases of the court's next term, which starts in October. The nine justices are likely to decide by the end of the year whether to hear the case, meaning oral arguments could come in early 2016 with a ruling by the end of June. (Garza, 9/3)