The Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals temporarily reversed a U.S. district court’s decision that struck down as unconstitutional two provisions of Texas’ anti-abortion bill, House Bill 2 (HB 2). Other provisions of HB 2 have already forced half of Texas abortion clinics to close—down from 41 in June 2013 to 20 in June 2014. The recent ruling allows Texas to enforce the HB 2 provision requiring clinics that provide abortion to meet the same strict standards as surgical centers. If the ruling stands, it will force 13 more clinics to close, leaving Texas with only a few abortion providers in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio and no providers in the Rio Grande Valley or West Texas. AAUW of Texas strongly opposed HB 2 and delivered signatures against the bill to the legislature before it was passed.