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Missouri could become first state with no abortion clinic

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By Meg Wagner, Veronica Rocha, Elise Hammond and Mike Hayes, CNN
Updated 1:01 PM EDT, Fri June 21, 2019
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Abortion-rights supporters stand on both sides of a street near the Gateway Arch as they take part in a protest in favor of reproductive rights Thursday, May 30, 2019, in St. Louis. A St. Louis judge heard an hour of arguments Thursday on Planned Parenthood's request for a temporary restraining order that would prohibit the state from allowing the license for Missouri's only abortion clinic to lapse at midnight Friday. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Missouri rules against state's last abortion clinic
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What we know now

  • Missouri moved closer to becoming the first state in the nation since Roe v. Wade with no access to an abortion clinic.
  • The state’s health department rejected a license renewal for the St. Louis Planned Parenthood location.
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Missouri moves closer to becoming the first state without an abortion clinic since Roe v. Wade

The exterior of a Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center is seen on May 31, 2019 in St Louis, Missouri.
The exterior of a Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center is seen on May 31, 2019 in St Louis, Missouri.
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Missouri moved closer to becoming?the first state without an abortion clinic?Friday when its health department rejected a license renewal for the St. Louis Planned Parenthood location.

A judge had ordered the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to decide by Friday whether it would renew a license for the clinic, Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region. Judge Michael Stelzer relayed the health department’s decision Friday in court.

The clinic will remain open until further court order, Stelzer added.

What this means: Should it close, Missouri would become the first state without an abortion clinic in almost 50 years

CORRECTION: Missouri health department officials rejected a Planned Parenthood license renewal. An earlier version of this post said a judge issued the denial.