Texas Reacts To Court Decisions On Voter ID, Abortion

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday blocked a Texas law that would have closed dozens of abortion clinics across the state, and meaning that nearly a million women would have had to drive more than 150 miles to get an abortion.

Meantime, a federal appeals court temporarily reinstated Texas' strict voter ID law, saying it's too close to the election to change the rules.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson gets more on the impact of these two decisions from Ben Philpott, senior political reporter for KUT in Austin.