Last Missouri Planned Parenthood to stay open

Last Missouri Planned Parenthood to stay open

On May 31 a Missouri judge ordered the state’s last remaining abortion center can continue operating just hours before the Planned Parenthood facility’s license was set to expire.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services had not renewed Planned Parenthood’s license due to concerns about failed abortions, compromised patient safety and legal violations at the facility.

Planned Parenthood sued the state in late May to keep the abortion center open.

St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer’s ruling stopped Missouri from becoming the first state in the country with no abortion provider. The number of abortions performed in the state has gone down every year for the past decade. (BP)