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Planned Parenthood announced today that it will fight abortion laws in Virginia and seven other states following Monday’s victory for reproductive justice advocates at the Supreme Court,
The Washington Post reports.

Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas join Virginia as the defendants in Planned Parenthood’s forthcoming litigation. This comes after the Supreme Court struck down provisions of a Texas law that created burdensome restrictions on abortion clinics and their patients. The two measures in question required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and compelled clinics to have the same standards as hospitals.

In a 5-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled these restrictions unconstitutional because they presented an undue burden on women without any real health benefits.

While Planned Parenthood has not said which laws it will fight in court, Virginia provides a host of possibilities. The Virginia Board of Health passed abortion clinic regulations in 2013 under then-Governor Bob McDonnell that required the facilities to meet hospital-like standards. This prompted closures that left Northern Virginia with four remaining clinics.

When Terry McAuliffe moved into the governor’s mansion, he sought to ease those restrictions but the Republican-led House of Delegates blocked him.

Virginia also passed a law in 2012 requiring that women obtain ultrasounds before they can undergo abortions, and wait 24 hours from that point until they can have the procedure.
And the state requires that women receive counseling prior to an abortion.

The Post points out that all eight of the states on Planned Parenthood’s radar currently have waiting periods of at least 24 hours and state-mandated counseling.