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April 16, 2013

Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic to Stay Open for Now 
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Mississippi's only remaining abortion clinic will stay open for now
after a federal judge temporarily blocked the state from revoking its
license. U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan III extended an injunction
protecting the clinic as it challenges a 2012 law aimed at shutting it
down. The law requires all abortion providers at Jackson Women's Health
Organization to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. Such a
standard can be impossible for any abortion provider because abortion is
so safe providers often do not admit enough patients to comply with
hospital minimums. In Mississippi, all local hospitals have rejected
applications from clinic doctors because they provide elective
abortions.

 

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