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    Legal Battle Over Missouri Clinic Could Foretell Abortion Fights In Other States

    Two rules have forced closure of all but one Planned Parenthood center in the state. Abortion-rights supporters say it is an example of an "abortion desert" that could result if Roe is overturned.
    by Mara Gordon Oct 19, 2018 4 minutes
    Protesters on both sides of the abortion debate demonstrated in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in July concerning Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation. It is thought that a challenge to <em>Roe v. Wade</em> could have a chance of passing now that he is confirmed.

    When Angela Huntington arrived at work on a Wednesday morning in early October, she had to do something she dreaded: turn patients away.

    Huntington is the manager at the Columbia Health Center in Columbia, Mo., a Planned Parenthood site that recently had to halt its abortion services in the midst of a highly publicized legal fight in the state.

    Since another Missouri law requires a 72-hour waiting period between counseling about abortion and having the actual procedure, Huntington needed to call every patient on the day's schedule. She told them they could come to her clinic for the counseling but would have to go elsewhere for the

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