Texas asks appeals court to swiftly restore restrictive abortion ban

• The federal judge's decision allowed some Texas healthcare providers to resume performing abortions, CNN reports.

What they're saying: "There is no precedent for the district court's injunction; it grossly and irreparably interferes with Texas state-court operations," the state wrote in its filing.

• "It also places state courts and their employees under imminent threat of contempt based on the actions of third parties that they cannot control."