Planned Parenthood is asking the Supreme Court to place Texas' new abortion restrictions on hold.
The group says in a filing with the high court Monday that more than a third of the clinics in Texas have been forced to stop providing abortions since a court order allowed the new restrictions to take effect Friday.
Planned Parenthood says that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals went too far in overruling a trial judge who blocked the law's provision that requires doctors who perform abortions in clinics to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
Last week, a federal appeals court granted a Texas request to reinstate restrictions on abortion providers after a lower court blocked the state from fully implementing the new law.
The filing was addressed to Justice Antonin Scalia, who oversees emergency matters from Texas.
