Late Wednesday, as most Americans cut short their work day to prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, federal district court Judge Lee Yeakel quietly issued a permanent injunction barring Texas from enforcing its dismemberment abortion ban.

Originally scheduled to take effect on Sept. 1, Senate Bill 8 banned abortions in which doctors use surgical equipment to rip the fetus apart limb from limb, causing the unborn baby to bleed to death. Judge Yeakel previously issued a preliminary injunction, keeping the law from going into effect, and then following expedited pre-trial discovery, the parties squared off in court for a five-day bench trial that concluded on Nov. 8.