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Texas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling

Derenda Hancock, co-director of the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic patient escorts, known as the Pink House Defenders, left, escorts an employee back to the clinic in Jackson, Miss., Saturday, July 2, 2022. The clinic is the only facility that performs abortions in the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Bryan Peden, an anti-abortion supporter stands outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., and waves his King James version of the Bible, as he cries out to women entering the medical facility to not have and abortion, Saturday, July 2, 2022. The clinic is the only facility that performs abortions in the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Abortion rights supporter Elli Morris, left, played her bamboo flute outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., as she and others carried signs expressing their opinions, Saturday, July 2, 2022. The clinic is the only facility that performs abortions in the state. On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional protections for abortion. However, a Mississippi judge has set a hearing for Tuesday, in a lawsuit by the state's only abortion clinic that seeks to block a law that would ban most abortions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Anti-abortion protesters shout at a possible patient arriving at the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., Saturday, July 2, 2022. The clinic is the only facility that performs abortions in the state. On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional protections for abortion. However, a Mississippi judge has set a hearing for Tuesday, in a lawsuit by the state's only abortion clinic that seeks to block a law that would ban most abortions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Wearing an anti-abortion T-shirt, a father and his sons from Central Florida pray, as abortion-rights supporters protest outside of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Protesters march and chant on Friday, June 24, 2022, at North Straub Park in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans' lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade. The court’s overturning of the landmark court ruling is likely to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. (Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times via AP) Chrisley Carpio and Victoria Hinckley, 20 speak to protesters during an abortion rights rally on Saturday, June 25, 2022 in Temple Terrace, Fla. A Florida judge on Thursday, June 30, said he would temporarily block a 15-week abortion ban from taking effect, following a court challenge by reproductive health providers who say the state constitution guarantees a right to the procedure. (Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times via AP)