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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Raby

Lawsuit seeking to revoke West Virginia abortion ban dropped

ASSOCIATED PRESS

An abortion provider on Monday dropped a two-month-old federal lawsuit seeking to overturn West Virginia’s near-total ban.

The Women's Health Center of West Virginia said in a court filing that its primary physician determined he will be unable to resume providing abortion care in the state “due to intervening professional obligations.” Another physician who provided abortion care at West Virginia's only abortion clinic prior to the passage of a law last year is no longer available, the filing said.

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