The law would have required abortion clinics to meet hospital-level operating standards, but opponents argued it would make it too costly to remain open.
The law — which Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed in 2013 — would have required abortion clinics to meet hospital-level operating standards. After the law passed, a group of clinics sued, arguing that the new requirements made it too costly to remain open. Many also argued the law was designed to force the clinics to close.
Proponents countered that the requirements were designed to protect women's health. There are 19 facilities in Texas that provide abortions, the AP reported.
In his ruling Friday, Judge Lee Yeakel said the law would "create an impermissible obstacle as applied to all women seeking a previability abortion."
The law drew national attention last year when Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis conducted a marathon filibuster to stop the law.
Davis' filibuster managed to kill the bill, but Perry brought it back during a special legislative session. He said that the state would "not allow the breakdown of decorum and decency to prevent us from doing what the people of this state hired us to do," the BBC reported. The law passed on its second time through the Texas legislature.
Eric Gay / AP
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