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The last abortion clinic in Kentucky is fighting to stay open.
A trial that began on Wednesday at a federal court in Louisville will decide whether EMW Women’s Surgical Center can continue to provide abortions. Kentucky’s Republican Gov. Matt Bevin told the clinic in March that its agreement to comply with strict laws targeting abortion clinics was inadequate, according to NPR. The center sued, arguing that the notification came “out of the blue.” If it wins, the case could open the door for other Kentucky clinics to provide abortions. If it loses, the state will become the first one with no place to safely terminate a pregnancy.
The number of abortion clinics nationwide declined 6 percent between 2011 and 2014, with the biggest declines happening in the Midwest and the South, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
Not only are abortion clinics like the one in Kentucky under threat, but a new study shows that hospitals in rural areas throughout the country are eliminating obstetric services, meaning women have to drive […]
The Houston Police Department says very little looting occurred during the first week of flooding in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, citing a total of 18 arrests in the nation’s fourth-largest city as of 1 September 2017. You might not have received that impression if you’re a heavy Twitter user, however, thanks to the proliferation of dozens of tweets hashtagged #HarveyLootCrew threatening widespread looting and purporting to prove that a great deal of looting had already taken place.
