a legitimate state interest.’”Follow me on Twitter: @Jill_Ornitzjill.ornitz@latimes.comALSO:Supreme Court overturns Texas abortion restrictionsAbortion-rights activists celebrate on the Supreme Court plaza after decision The ruling invalidates a Texas law that imposed requirements that forced about half of the state’s abortion clinics to close. First, today’s decision requires courts to ‘consider the burdens a law imposes on abortion access together with the benefits those laws confer.’ [Ante, at 19.] The Supreme Court issued a 5-3 decision Monday that limits states’ ability to restrict access to an abortion by passing unnecessary health and safety regulations. Justice Stephen Breyer issued the majority opinion in the case, which has been called the court’s most definitive stance on abortion since 1992.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 27, 2016 19:19 UTC