'Whether or not an abortion clinic remains open should not be left to the arbitrary decision of an ideologue who has made his anti-abortion views known. Getting a fair hearing for clinics shouldn’t feel like rolling the dice.'
In 2015, while he was serving as an associate circuit judge for Missouri’s Macon County, Philip Prewitt was reprimanded by the state’s Supreme Court over his public support of an anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center.
Now, lawyers for the state are arguing that the commission should be the ones to decide the fate of the clinic. And it’s pretty clear where Prewitt stands on abortion rights.Prewitt has weighed in on abortion previously. He ran as a Republican for a state representative seat in 2000 and received a $250 campaign donation from Missouri Right to Life PAC. When he was serving as an associate judge in 2014, he supported Ray of Hope on his Facebook page.
“I am happy to be supporting Ray of Hope Pregnancy Center again at their fundraising dinner,” the post read. “Even if you didn’t attend, consider donating to this wonderful organization.”There are a lot of “maybes” in this situation—it’s unclear whether the state will succeed in its efforts to have the panel intervene. And if they do succeed, the case may not be assigned to Prewitt. As the Associated Press reported, it could go to any one of the four commissioners who serve on the panel.
The battle over Missouri’s last abortion clinic highlights how administrative decisions—by a state’s health department, by panels like Prewitt’s commission—have as big of an impact on abortion rights as the passage of anti-abortion legislation and regulations. Whether or not an abortion clinic should remain open should not be left to the arbitrary decision of an ideologue who has made his anti-abortion views known. Getting a fair hearing for clinics shouldn’t feel like rolling the dice.
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