With future of Kentucky's abortion clinic at stake, battle shifts to federal appeals court
CINCINNATI — With the fate of Kentucky's only abortion clinic at stake, a panel of three federal judges heard arguments Thursday over whether they should reinstate a law the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin had used to try to close it.
Lawyer Chad Meredith, representing Bevin, told the panel at the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that the state simply wants to enforce safety standards.
"This is not about shutting down abortion clinics," he said. "This is about women's safety and health."
But a lawyer for EMW Women's Surgical Center in Louisville, the state's only abortion clinic, argued otherwise.
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