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Mississippi clinic ends challenge of near-ban on abortion
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Mississippi clinic ends challenge of near-ban on abortion

  • By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press
  • Updated

The Mississippi abortion clinic that was at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade has ended a lawsuit in which it was seeking to block the state from enforcing a law banning most abortions. Jackson Women’s Health Organization dropped its litigation a day after clinic owner Diane Derzis told The Associated Press that she sold the facility and had no intention to reopen it, even if a state court allowed her to do so. She plans to open a new clinic in New Mexico. Court battles over access to abortion are playing out in multiple states. On Tuesday, West Virginia’s only abortion clinic resumed scheduling patients for abortions. New restrictions on some abortions were in effect in Indiana.

After judge's order, W.Va.'s abortion clinic resuming care
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After judge's order, W.Va.'s abortion clinic resuming care

  • By LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press
  • Updated

West Virginia’s only abortion clinic has resumed scheduling patients for abortions following a ruling from a Charleston judge blocking enforcement of the state’s 150-year-old abortion ban. The state’s attorney general filed a motion to the state Supreme Court asking it to stay the decision while his office proceeds with an appeal. Executive director Katie Quiñonez called the decision “a sigh of relief" and said her staff is determined to resume abortions for as long as possible. West Virginia has a law on the books dating back to the 1800s making performing or obtaining an abortion a felony. Clinic lawyers argued successfully that the old law has been superseded by modern laws regulating abortion.

Owner: Mississippi abortion clinic is sold, won't reopen
AP

Owner: Mississippi abortion clinic is sold, won't reopen

  • By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
  • Updated

The owner of Mississippi's only abortion clinic says she's sold the building and will not reopen the clinic even if a state court allows her to do so. Diane Derzis tells The Associated Press on Monday that the furniture and equipment from Jackson Women’s Health Organization have been moved to a new abortion clinic she will open soon in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Jackson clinic was at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that overturned Roe v. Wade. Derzis says she doesn't think the building will be used as a medical facility.