At least four women's health centers across Texas resumed scheduling patients for abortions Wednesday morning, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked parts of a law that had forced more than a dozen facilities to stop providing the procedure.

"We're all shocked, to be honest," said Ginny Braun, director of the Routh Street Women's Clinic in Dallas, which already had scheduled four patients for initial procedures by 8:30 a.m.  "But I'm delighted that there has finally been some justice dealt this state and we will go forward from today."

Routh Street was one of two clinics in Dallas to close when a federal appeals court ruled Oct. 2 to at least temporarily allow enforcement of a requirement that abortion facilities meet the standards of hospital-style surgical centers. A voicemail message at the other clinic, Abortion Advantage, reported it still was closed.

In Houston, staffers at the three facilities that had stayed open to provide women's health services -- the Suburban Women's Clinic, Surburban Women's Medical Center and Dr. Yury Nosaville -- reported they again were accepting abortion patients. Another facility, the Houston Women's Clinic, was expected to open later in the week.

Clinics also could open soon in McAllen and El Paso, both of which lost their only abortion provider after the appeals court decision, as well as in Austin, Fort Worth and Corpus Christi.

Providers warned that not all the clinics will be able to reopen, however. Some already have sold their buildings or allowed former staffers to take new jobs amid weeks of legal limbo.

Braun said her clinic had lost several staff members and barely managed to stay open.

"We've got some challenges to overcome," she said, "but for the handful of us that are critical here, we will get the job done."