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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 11 June 2019

Judge says Missouri’s only abortion clinic can remain open

By SUMMER BALLENTINE attorney general called
and JIM SALTER “grave concerns” about
Associated Press patient safety. Clinic lead-
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis ers said the move is part
judge issued another order of an effort by an anti-
Monday to keep Missouri’s abortion administration to
only abortion clinic operat- eliminate the procedure in
ing while a fight over the Missouri.
facility’s license plays out in According to Planned Par-
court. enthood, no state has been
Circuit Judge Michael without a functioning abor-
Stelzer granted Planned tion clinic since 1974, the
Parenthood’s request for year after the U.S. Supreme
a preliminary injunction, Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling
which extends his earlier that legalized abortion na-
order to temporarily block tionwide.
the state from allowing the The fight over the clinic’s
St. Louis facility’s license to license comes as lawmak-
lapse. The courtroom win ers in many conservative
for abortion-rights advo- states, including Missouri,
cates comes after a string are passing new restric-
of setbacks in legislatures tions that take aim at Roe.
around the U.S. A Planned Parenthood clinic is seen Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in St. Louis. On Monday, June 10, Abortion opponents, em-
The state health depart- 2019, a judge in St. Louis issued another order allowing Missouri’s only abortion clinic to continue boldened by new conser-
ment in May declined to operating. vative justices on the Su-
renew the clinic’s license Associated Press preme Court, hope federal
to perform abortion pro- cense by June 21. closely anti-health politi- department were not im- courts will uphold laws that
cedures, citing concerns Dr. Leana Wen, president cians came to ending mediately returned. prohibit abortions before a
about patient safety, and CEO of Planned Par- abortion care for an entire Stelzer’s ruling said he fetus is viable outside the
“failed surgical abortions” enthood Federation of state,” Wen said in a state- wasn’t determining wheth- womb, the dividing line the
and legal violations. America, called the rul- ment. “We are in a state of er the license should be high court set in Roe.
Stelzer’s ruling on Monday ing “a clear victory for our emergency for women’s approved or denied. But Parson signed legislation on
ordered the Missouri De- patients - and for people health in America.” the judge noted that one May 24 to ban abortions at
partment of Health and across Missouri,” but said Phone and email messag- issue in dispute is whether or beyond eight weeks of
Senior Services to decide the threat against legal es seeking comment from the health department pregnancy, with excep-
on Planned Parenthood’s abortion remains. Republican Gov. Mike Par- can simply allow the abor- tions for medical emergen-
application to renew its li- “We’ve seen just how son’s office and the health tion clinic’s license to cies but not for rape or in-
lapse without taking any cest.
Prosecutors: Mexico church might action.”The Court does not The number of abortions

believe that an ‘official ac-
performed in Missouri has
harass victims, witnesses tion’ can include non-ac- declined every year for the
tion,” Stelzer wrote.
past decade, reaching a
STEFANIE DAZIO The state issued subpoe- low of 2,910 last year. Of
Associated Press nas to staff doctors and those, an estimated 1,210
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prose- former medical residents occurred at eight weeks
who worked at Planned or less of pregnancy, ac-
cutors in a case against the
leader of Mexico-based Parenthood’s St. Louis facil- cording to preliminary sta-
ity, seeking their testimony tistics from the state health
megachurch La Luz del
Mundo and two followers about what an assistant department.q
charged with child rape
and human trafficking said CAR RENTAL 5616944
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cerns” the church’s follow-
ers could harass or intimi- Naason Joaquin Garcia, left, appears with his attorney in court We Rent:
date victims and potential in Los Angels, Calif. on Monday, June 10, 2019. Cars- Vans - SUV
witnesses. Associated Press
Naasón Joaquín García, ny complaint that alleges tion. The charges detail al-
50, and his co-defendants crimes including child rape, legations involving three
returned to Los Angeles Su- statutory rape, molestation, girls and one woman be-
perior Court on Monday. human trafficking, child tween 2015 and 2018 in Los
They face a 26-count felo- pornography and extor- Angeles County.q