JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Abortions at a Missouri Planned Parenthood clinic
face cancellation this week.
Abortions were scheduled for Wednesday at the Planned Parenthood in Columbia.
But federal appeals court judges on Monday issued a mandate allowing Missouri to once again enforce a law that requires doctors to get admitting privileges at nearby hospitals in order to perform abortions. The Columbia
doctor doesn’t have those privileges.
Planned Parenthood attorneys are asking a federal district judge to pause
enforcement of the law for the Columbia site as a broader legal fight over
abortion laws plays out.
Abortions will be cancelled unless the judge acts soon. If the law is not
temporarily stayed, St. Louis will be the only Planned Parenthood site that
provides abortions in Missouri.
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