“We conclude that neither of these provisions offers medical benefits sufficient to justify the burdens upon access that each imposes. Each places a substantial obstacle in the path of women seeking a previability abortion, each constitutes an undue burden on abortion access, and each violates the Federal Constitution.” So wrote Justice Stephen Breyer as the Supreme Court struck down the Texas abortion clinic restrictions that had resulted in closed facilities there — as well as in several other states where the Texas laws were duplicated.

+ Vox: Pro-choice advocates just won the biggest Supreme Court abortion case in decades.

+ WaPo: How restrictive are abortion regulations in your state? (And how this case might change that reality.)