A motorist enters Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri. [Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP]
JEFFERSON CITY — A decision on whether Missouri's …
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JEFFERSON CITY — A decision on whether Missouri's only abortion clinic can keep its license will be pushed back a little further.
The Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission on Tuesday agreed to the state health department's request for an extension until March 16 to file written briefs. The previous deadline was Feb. 28.
It isn't clear when the hearing commissioner will rule after receiving the written briefs. The case was also the subject of a hearing in October.
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services wants to revoke the license for Planned Parenthood's St. Louis clinic, citing concerns about four instances of what the state called "failed abortions." Planned Parenthood officials say conservatives are trying to use the licensing process to end abortions in Missouri.
Revocation would make Missouri the first state since 1974, the year after the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, without a functioning abortion clinic. The St. Louis clinic remains open pending the commission's ruling.
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