Florida Supreme Court overturns abortion ban at clinic
Source: Associated Press
Mike Schneider, Associated Press Updated 3:50 pm, Friday, February 24, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Planned Parenthood affiliate has won a battle over whether doctors can perform abortions and sonograms at a Florida health center.
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday overturned two lower-court decisions that for the time being would have stopped abortions and sonograms from being performed at the Kissimmee Health Center outside Orlando.
The high court said the trial judge misstated facts, and sent the case back to the lower courts for further litigation. In the meantime, the procedures at the clinic operated by Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando can take place.
The case originated with a lawsuit from doctors who oppose abortion and who work at a different office in the same medical complex.The suit focused on property restrictions; 30 years ago the original developer prohibited the complex from being used as an outpatient surgical center without permission from the developer. An exception was allowed if the surgical procedures were only "ancillary and incidental" to the physician's practice of medicine.
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