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Appeals Government Health 

Justices to Hear Challenge to Trump Abortion Gag Rule

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 ERIKA WILLIAMS
abortion, clinics, funding, health care, Trump administration, U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to resolve a circuit split over a Trump administration rule denying federal funding to clinics that refer women for abortions.

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Criminal Health Regional 

Minnesota Man Faces Murder Charge in Attack on Rural Clinic

February 11, 2021February 12, 2021 ANDY MONSERUD
Bombing, clinics, Minnesota, murder, Shooting

A man who bombed a rural Minnesota clinic and shot five staff members on Tuesday has been charged with second-degree murder.

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Criminal Latest Headlines 

Police: Multiple People Shot at Minnesota Clinic; 1 Arrested

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
clinics, Minnesota, Shooting

Multiple people were shot at a Minnesota health clinic on Tuesday and a suspect was taken into custody afterward, police said.

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Health Law Regional 

Arkansas Providers Make Last-Ditch Effort to Block Abortion Restrictions

December 21, 2020December 23, 2020 ERIK DE LA GARZA
abortion, aclu, Arkansas, clinics, doctors, health care

The federal judge who temporarily blocked enforcement of a set of Arkansas abortion restrictions is once again being asked to rule on whether the four anti-abortion laws tangled up in court for years should finally take effect as early as Tuesday.

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Appeals Criminal Health 

Panel Upholds 17-Year Sentence for Veteran Who Fired Gun in VA Clinic

August 3, 2020August 4, 2020 KAYLA GOGGIN
11th circuit, clinics, competence, Florida, Guns, mental health, Veterans Affairs

A veteran who fired a gun inside a Florida VA clinic was not entitled to another mental competency hearing before his 17-year sentence was handed down by a federal court, an 11th Circuit panel held Monday.

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Appeals Criminal 

Veteran Asks Panel to Overturn Conviction for Firing Gun in VA Clinic

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 KAYLA GOGGIN
11th circuit, clinics, competence, Florida, Guns, Veterans Affairs

An attorney for a veteran sentenced to 17 years in prison for firing a gun inside a Florida VA clinic asked an 11th Circuit panel Thursday to reverse his conviction based on claims of mental incompetence.

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Government Health Regional 

Lone Missouri Abortion Clinic Allowed to Stay Open

May 29, 2020June 1, 2020 JOE HARRIS
abortion, clinics, health care, licensing, Missouri, planned parenthood

Missouri wrongfully withheld Planned Parenthood’s license for the state’s only abortion clinic, an administrative panel ruled Friday.

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Civil Rights Health International Law 

Dutch Woman Loses Bid for Abortion Pill Without Clinic Visit

April 14, 2020April 15, 2020 MOLLY QUELL
abortion, clinics, coronavirus, health care, Netherlands

A Dutch court rejected a case that sought to allow women in the Netherlands to receive abortion-inducing medication by mail instead of at a clinic.

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Government Health National 

Clinics Praise Block of Abortion Gag Rule in Maryland

February 18, 2020February 19, 2020 BRAD KUTNER
abortion, clinics, funding, health care, Maryland, Medicine, Trump administration

Abortion rights advocates are applauding a limited but strongly worded ruling out of Maryland that blocked a Trump administration policy barring federally funded clinics from referring women for abortions.

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Civil Rights Government Health 

Missouri Panel Wraps Hearing on Fate of Lone Abortion Clinic

October 31, 2019November 1, 2019 JOE HARRIS
abortion, clinics, hearings, licensing, Missouri, planned parenthood

The closely watched hearing to decide whether Missouri’s sole abortion clinic can keep its license wrapped up Thursday with the emotional testimony of the clinic’s director of surgical services.

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Civil Rights Government Health Regional 

Abortion Clinic Chief Pushes Back Against Missouri in License Dispute

October 30, 2019 JOE HARRIS
abortion, clinics, investigation, licensing, Missouri, planned parenthood

The chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood of St. Louis defended her clinic’s quality of patient care on the third day of an administrative hearing to determine the fate of Missouri’s last remaining abortion facility.

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Civil Rights Government Health Regional 

Panel to Decide Fate of Only Abortion Clinic in Missouri

October 28, 2019October 29, 2019 JOE HARRIS
abortion, clinics, licensing, Missouri, planned parenthood

Planned Parenthood took its fight to keep Missouri’s lone abortion clinic open to state administrators on Monday, arguing that an investigation into failed abortions did not uncover any safety issues.

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Appeals Civil Rights Government 

Third Circuit OKs Buffer Zones for Anti-Abortion Protesters

October 18, 2019October 21, 2019 ALEXANDRA JONES
abortion, clinics, First Amendment, Free Speech, ordinance, Pittsburgh, protests, Third Circuit

The Third Circuit ruled unanimously Friday that a Pittsburgh buffer-zone ordinance that puts space between clinics and anti-abortion activists does not violate the protesters’ rights.

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Civil Rights Health 

Slurs Not ‘Threats of Force’

August 30, 2019September 3, 2019 BRIEF
abortion, clinics, dbrief5, injunction, protests, threats

A federal court denied an abortion center’s motion for an injunction against a protester who has yelled racial and homophobic slurs at staff members and patients. The comments are not “threats of force,” so he has not violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. 

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Government Health Regional 

Missouri Judge Extends License for Lone Abortion Clinic

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 JOE HARRIS
abortion, clinics, licensing, Missouri, planned parenthood

A Missouri judge issued an order Monday extending Planned Parenthood’s license through the end of the week, giving the state’s only abortion clinic time to appeal its licensing denial on the administrative level.

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Government Health Regional 

Missouri Denies License for State’s Last Abortion Clinic

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 JOE HARRIS
abortion, clinics, injunction, licensing, Missouri, planned parenthood

Missouri officially denied Planned Parenthood’s license on Friday, but a St. Louis judge kept a preliminary injunction in place allowing the state’s only remaining abortion clinic to stay open for now.

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Civil Rights Government Health Law 

ACLU Challenges Ohio Heartbeat Abortion Law

May 15, 2019May 16, 2019 KYLE ANNE UNISS
abortion, aclu, clinics, health care, Ohio, Republicans

Abortion providers represented by the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday over Ohio’s new law banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which mirrors legislation passed recently in several other states.

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Appeals Government Health Law 

Full Sixth Circuit Allows Ohio to Block Abortion Clinic Funds

March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 KEVIN KOENINGER
clinics, en banc, funding, Ohio, planned parenthood, Sixth Circuit

The en banc Sixth Circuit ruled 11-6 Tuesday that Ohio can withhold funding for public health programs from abortion providers, most notably Planned Parenthood.

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Appeals Consumers Health Regional 

North Dakota Clinic Merger Hits Eighth Circuit

November 13, 2018 TRACI RORK
clinics, Eighth Circuit, Federal Trade Commission, health care, mergers & acquisitions, monopoly, north dakota

A panel of Eighth Circuit judges grappled Tuesday with the question of whether two of the largest health care providers in North Dakota should be allowed to merge amid concerns the deal will result in a monopoly detrimental to patients in the Bismark area.

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Appeals Financial Government Health 

Full Sixth Circuit Takes Up Abortion Clinic Funding

October 3, 2018 KEVIN KOENINGER
clinics, en banc, funding, Ohio, planned parenthood, Sixth Circuit

The decision of a Sixth Circuit panel to strike down an Ohio law that revokes health care funding from abortion providers was debated before the en banc court on Wednesday.

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