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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Attorneys for the state of Missouri have subpoenaed
physicians from the state’s only abortion clinic amid a legal fight over the
facility’s license.
A St. Louis judge during a Tuesday hearing will weigh whether the physicians
will be forced to testify. The state is demanding answers from the doctors in
the midst of a lawsuit over the St. Louis Planned Parenthood’s license.
Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer intervened in the case just hours before the
clinic’s license was set to expire Friday. He issued an order prohibiting
Missouri from allowing the license to lapse.
The health department had declined to renew the license, in part because
officials want to interview physicians at the clinic. The agency also cited
concerns with “failed abortions,” compromised patient safety and legal
violations at the clinic.
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