State Supreme Court rejects Lexington abortion clinic’s bid to remain open while it challenges Court of Appeals ruling closing it
The court denied a request from EMW Women’s Clinic to repoen. It closed in June, “when the Court of Appeals overturned a Fayette Circuit Court ruling
that allowed it to stay open after a legal challenge by Gov. Matt
Bevin. The Court of Appeals’ ruling meant Bevin’s request to temporarily
close the clinic until it received a license from the Cabinet for
Health and Family Services was granted,” Linda Blackford reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Bevin issued a statement: “We are pleased that the Kentucky Supreme Court has upheld the Court
of Appeals’ decision recognizing that an unlicensed abortion clinic is
prohibited from performing abortions. The laws of Kentucky matter and
must be followed, even when individuals, corporations or lower court
judges think otherwise.”
EMW attorney Scott White said in a statement: “At the end of the day,
we are disappointed, but in no way disheartened. The fight for the EMW
Clinic to be re-opened and the rights of Kentucky women will continue.
We are optimistic that when we have the full trial later this year
before Judge [Ernesto] Scorsone that we will win.”