Here is a simple guide to what happened with the Supreme Court of the United States and Texas.

What The Texas Updated Abortion Law Did:

-- Half of abortion clinics in Texas shrunk.

-- Women had to wait longer to get abortions.

-- It created more of an unmet need for women seeking to terminate their pregnancies.

Why This Was Awful:

A New York Times article goes into personal cases of how the abortion law affected women, especially those that could not financially support another child in the household and those who were in abusive relationships that would not be suitable to bring a child into.

It all boils down to one thing, though: disrespect for the rights of women and their bodies.

For many women holding careers and having busy lives to attend to, obstacles like traveling far distances because half of the clinics were shut down, fending the cost of said travel and what insurance wouldn't cover, and waiting longer makes the abortion process almost next to impossible to proceed through.

This law was intentionally created with the idea that it would stop women from having abortions and save "lives."

While it's all fine and dandy to have your own personal opinions on the morals of abortion, it is not fine and dandy to impose those on others, especially when it is their body and not yours.

In 1992, the Supreme Court ruled that it is illegal for states to impose "undue burdens" on those seeking abortions, which brought this case into the national level, seeing as that is what was happening here.

What The Supreme Court Said:

The Supreme Court ultimately decided in a 5-3 vote that the restrictions and law Texas had in place were undue burdens to women seeking abortions. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in the concurring opinion, "When a State severely limits access to safe and legal procedures, women in desperate circumstances may resort to unlicensed rogue practitioners, faute de mieux, at great risk to their health and safety."

Go, Ruth!

So What Does This Mean Now?

If ya girl Hillary Clinton is elected president, we can hope to see the elimination of abortion restrictions. Both she and Obama supported the ruling, happy to see progress in the fight toward women's rights and health protection.

There's still a while to go before we completely get all of this sorted out, but for now we can celebrate this small victory.

Oh, and Oklahoma, I hear you're coming up next.