If the St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic had to stop providing abortions, Missouri would be the first state in the nation to block the procedure in more than 45 years.
Missourians will have to wait at least one more day to find out if their state will become the first with no abortion clinics.
6 states have only 1 abortion clinic leftCircuit Court Judge Michael Stelzer heard motions Tuesday in the legal fight over the state's refusal to renew the license that lets Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region perform abortions.That license was supposed to expire Friday. But the judge issued a temporary order on Friday preventing the license from expiring until a ruling in this week's hearings.
— Julia Vargas Jones June 4, 2019 Outside the St. Louis courthouse, a group of anti-abortion activists silently protested Tuesday, with"LIFE" written on tape covering their mouths. Read MoreIf the Planned Parenthood clinic is forced to stop providing abortions, Missouri would be the first state in the nation to block the procedure in more than 45 years.Why wasn't the license renewed?The abortion debate in Missouri heated up after Gov.
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