Posted on 03/20/2016 2:42:12 PM PDT by Morgana
The EMW Women’s Clinic in Lexington has put off performing abortions until a judge rules next week on a request from Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration to stop the procedures.
“We’re taking a timeout,” Lexington attorney Scott White, who is representing the clinic, said Wednesday.
The Bevin administration’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services claimed in a lawsuit filed last week in Fayette Circuit Court that the clinic at 161 Burt Road, off Nicholasville Road, is operating without a license.
The cabinet sent a letter March 4 to Dr. Ernest Marshall, who runs the clinic, asking it to “cease and desist” from performing abortions, or it would ask the court to temporarily halt abortions until the court could hold a full hearing on the lawsuit.
White said a hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m.Tuesday before Fayette Circuit Judge Ernesto Scorsone on the state’s request for a temporary injunction.
If the judge sides with the state, “we will assess our options,” White said. “If the judge allows the clinic to continue its work, it will resume performing abortions on its regular office days on Thursdays and Fridays.
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License to kill?
License to practice so called medicine.
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