Governor Matt Bevin (R-KY) is hell-bent on making safe, legal abortion access a thing of the past in his state. Since taking office he’s inundated abortion clinics across the state with lawsuits, which leaves one final clinic open—and right in his crosshairs.
The final open clinic—Louisville’s EMW Women’s Surgical Center—was on the fast track to closure. Fortunately a federal judge granted them a temporary restraining order that’ll keep them open (at least for now). CNN reports:
The order, which is valid for 14 days, cites due process concerns as well as evidence that the "rights of [the clinic's] patients would be immediately and irreparably harmed" without the order.
Brigitte Amiri, senior staff attorney at ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project, said that the team representing Louisville-based EMW Women's Surgical Center would set a briefing schedule this coming week to sort out the case's next steps.
"We are thrilled and relieved that the court issued this order preventing the commonwealth of Kentucky from shutting down EMW," she said. "This means that women will continue to be able to get the critical care that they need."
Here’s hoping they will be able to keep the clinic open.