told KUT News last month that the Texas law's requirement that every abortion clinic in the state conform to ambulatory surgical center (ASC) standards would likely reduce the number of clinics from 42 to 5.

And The Austin Chronicle's Jordan Smith concluded that the law amounted to "suppression by regulation."

"The likely net effect of the new requirement that all providers become ASCs will be that the state's 36 licensed abortion clinics will close, leaving open (at most) six ASCs providing abortion care, and leaving most women without any effective access to services," Smith wrote.