Campbell Robertson at the New York Times:

A federal appeals panel on Tuesday blocked a Mississippi law that would have shut down the only abortion clinic in the state.

The three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, ruled by 2 to 1 that in closing the state’s sole clinic, Mississippi would have shifted its constitutional obligations to neighboring states. Closing the clinic, the court said, would place an undue burden on a woman’s right to seek an abortion.

The bolded bit is interesting language that seems to hinge on the fact that this is the only abortion clinic in Mississippi. The Times story notes a similar Texas law was not blocked by the same court earlier this year.

All I can think of when I read this story is how brave the people who work in that clinic must be. Can you imagine working at the only abortion clinic in Mississippi, how much of a target that building must be? I can't stop thinking about how much devotion it must take to go to work at that clinic every day. The staff at that clinic are heroes.