JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ A federal judge has denied Planned Parenthood’s
request for a Columbia clinic to be temporarily exempted from certain abortion
regulations.
U.S. Western District Court Judge Brian Wimes on Wednesday ruled against
Planned Parenthood.
The organization had asked Wimes to exempt the Columbia center from a state
requirement that doctors must have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals
before they perform abortions. The Planned Parenthood Columbia clinic has been
unable to meet that requirement.
But Wimes wrote even if he did temporarily exempt Columbia from the hospital privileges requirement, the center still could not provide abortions.
That’s because the clinic’s license to perform abortions expired Tuesday.
Wimes says Planned Parenthood can ask again to be exempted from the regulation
if the state later grants them a license.
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