The U.S. Supreme Court, in two different cases in little more than a week, has refused to review decisions by the Oklahoma Supreme Court striking down some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country.

The justices’ most recent ruling came on Tuesday in Pruitt v. Nova Health Systems, in which the state’s attorney general unsuccessfully sought to revive a state law mandating vaginal (typically using a probe) or abdominal ultrasounds, accompanied by a simultaneous explanation to the pregnant woman of what the ultrasound depicts, before an abortion may be performed. The law also required that the images be displayed so that the woman may view them.

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