WHO: ADF Legal Counsel Dale Schowengerdt
WHAT: Available for media interviews following hearing in
Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri v. DrummondWHEN: Friday, May 9, immediately following hearing, which begins at 1:30 p.m. CDT
WHERE: Jackson County Courthouse, 415 E. 12th St., Division 13, 5th Floor, Kansas City, Mo.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alliance Defense Fund Legal Counsel Dale Schowengerdt will be available for media interviews following his participation in a hearing in which ADF attorneys are defending state law against a Planned Parenthood lawsuit. Schowengerdt will be asking the court to determine if a Missouri law that enforces health and safety standards for abortion clinics also regulates clinics that dispense the abortion-inducing drug RU-486.
"A woman’s life is worth more than Planned Parenthood’s bottom line," said Schowengerdt. "Planned Parenthood’s unwillingness to abide by even the most common-sense safety standards demonstrates where its priorities lie. Planned Parenthood should not get a pass when it comes to safety regulations that all medical facilities must follow, and certainly that should also apply to clinics that dispense RU-486."
The hearing concerns motions for summary judgment filed in the lawsuit,
Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri v. Drummond. ADF attorneys represent Missouri Director of Health and Senior Services Jane Drummond.
In a related case, a federal judge determined in September of last year that Planned Parenthood was unlikely to succeed in having a state law holding surgical abortion clinics to the same safety standards as other medical facilities declared facially unconstitutional. When Planned Parenthood challenged the law, Drummond retained ADF attorneys to represent her in the case (
www.telladf.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4255).
A fact sheet is available on the lawsuit at
www.telladf.org/UserDocs/DrummondFactSheet.pdf.
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