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Federal Judge Denies Missouri's Request To Let Abortion Ban Take Effect
A federal judge’s order blocking Missouri’s 20-week abortion ban from taking effect will remain in place while the state appeals.
Senior U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs on Wednesday denied the state’s request for a partial stay of his order, which he handed down last month.
The Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis, Missouri’s only remaining abortion provider, and its medical director, Colleen McNicholas, had challenged the constitutionality of the ban, which the legislature enacted earlier this year.
Sachs granted their motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that they were likely to prevail on the merits.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/federal-judge-denies-missouris-request-let-abortion-ban-take-effect