St. Louis, Mo., Oct 31, 2019 / 14:27 pm
Regulators in Missouri are in the process of determining whether the state's last remaining abortion clinic can keep its license to perform abortions, after a hearing wrapped up Thursday.
The hearing before the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission began on Monday to determine the clinic's fate. In June, the state refused to grant the Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region clinic a license, saying concerns at the facility must first be addressed.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that after four days of testimony, attorneys in the case will now begin trading paperwork and issuing briefs. Hearing commissioner Sreenivasa Dandamudi is expected to issue a ruling sometime after Feb. 7, 2020.
Missouri's health department had submitted a "Statement of Deficiencies" of the clinic to a court, which cited an "unprecedented lack of cooperation" on the part of the clinic, as well as its "failure to meet basic standards of patient care."