Only Abortion Clinic In Missouri Can Keep Operating Until End Of Week

A Planned Parenthood supporter and opponent try to block each other's signs during a protest and counter-protest Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 in St. Louis. Rallies aimed at urging Congress and President Donald Trump to ... A Planned Parenthood supporter and opponent try to block each other's signs during a protest and counter-protest Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 in St. Louis. Rallies aimed at urging Congress and President Donald Trump to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood are scheduled across the country. (AP Photo/Jim Salter) MORE LESS
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A judge has granted the only abortion clinic in Missouri permission to continue operating temporarily even as the state declined to renew its permit.

According to the Associated Press, St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer extended the preliminary injunction until Friday to give the Planned Parenthood a chance to make its case before the Administrative Hearing Commission.

The state’s Department of Health claims that the clinic has a whole host of violations, all of which are under seal after some initial leaks.

Read TPM’s deep dive on the gruesome case that set the stage for this current abortion battle.

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  1. Only Abortion Clinic In Missouri Can Keep Operating Until End Of Week

    After that head to target for your wire cloth hangers, or you can order on line from Amazon. Better yet, ladies, move to a state that’s not dominated by knuckledraggers, Minnesota’s economy is doing fine and is not that far away.

  2. Shouldn’t publish any article on this without noting upfront that the reason for the challenge is that the State mandates that women be sexually assaulted by the provider at least 72 hours before having an abortion.

  3. god is angry at MISSOURI…she sent floods and plagues to those who abuse her sisters…

  4. “They tell you that there’s a war on women. There is no war on women. There may be a war on what’s inside of women, but there is no war on women in this country.”
    — Dr. “Uncle Ambien” Ben Carson, legendary somnambulist and baggage handler

    We’re going to kill women’s access to their Constitutionally guaranteed health care, but first … let’s twist the knife a little more.

  5. UNCLE BEN, Get your head out of the rice bowl…

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