Texas abortion clinics have asked a federal appellate court to delay the effect of its June 9 decision upholding restrictions on the clinics while their attorneys appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is scheduled to take effect July 1. Without a stay of the decision, clinic attorneys said in their motion to the court, “numerous clinics that are currently open” will be forced once again to close and others will be prevented from reopening.

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