The director of the Missouri state health dept. admitted to keeping a spreadsheet that monitored the menstrual periods of Planned Parenthood patients at an administrative hearing over whether the clinic can remain open.
According to state officials, an investigation using the period spreadsheet found four patients who had"failed abortions" at the clinic, and who had to visit Planned Parenthood multiple times. The incidents raised “grave concerns” and prompted the health department to cancel the health center's abortion license in June.that found other safety related problems.
Planned Parenthood refuted those claims saying state health officials singled out four abortions from thousands the clinic has conducted for an investigation, and argued that the clinic had not violated any safety protocols. They added that the licensing issue is part of a greater anti-abortion effort by the state's administration.
Planned Parenthood has been locked with the state in a legal standoff before an administrative commissioner since Monday over whether the clinic’s license should be reinstated. While the hearing will last five days, a ruling is not expected until at least early next year. Planned Parenthood initially challenged the license revocation in Circuit Court over the summer, and although a judge temporarilyMissouri stands as one of the most restrictive states for abortion access despite a
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