Now it's up to a judge to decide whether the clinic will continue to provide abortion services or Missouri becomes the first state without a legal abortion provider since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973.
so the clinic could keep offering abortions and gave the state until Friday to make its final decision regarding the license renewal. Missouri officials refused to renew it. Now, Judge Michael Stelzer must decide whether the legal challenge falls under the court's jurisdiction or if the dispute can be solved in an administrative hearing.
"While Gov. Parson and his political cronies are on the wrong side of history, nothing changes right now for patients who need access to abortion at Planned Parenthood. We will continue providing abortion care for as long as the court protects our ability to do so," Dr. Colleen McNicholas, OB-GYN at the clinic, said in a statement provided to Refinery29.
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