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Abortion clinic goes before judge to challenge WVa ban

Attorneys Curtis Capehart, left, deputy attorney general for the West Virginia Attorney General's Office, and Kathleen Hartnett, of Cooley Law, representing West Virginia's only abortion clinic, prepare to leave the courtroom after a hearing over West Virginia's 1800s-era abortion ban in Kanawha County Circuit Court in Charleston, W.Va., Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) Attorneys Curtis Capehart, deputy attorney general for the West Virginia Attorney General's Office, and Kathleen Hartnett, of Cooley Law, representing West Virginia's only abortion clinic, speak after a hearing over West Virginia's 1800s-era abortion ban in Kanawha County Circuit Court in Charleston, W.Va., Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) People await the start of a hearing over West Virginia's 1800s-era abortion ban in Kanawha County Circuit Court in Charleston, W.Va., on Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) Judge Tera L. Salango, left, listens from the bench as attorney Kathleen Hartnett, of Cooley Law, speaks in support of West Virginia's only abortion clinic in Kanawha County Circuit Court in Charleston, W.Va., on Monday, July 18, 2022. Salango granted the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia a preliminary injunction against the state's 1800s-era abortion ban. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) Judge Tera L. Salango presides from the bench in Kanawha County Circuit Court in Charleston, W.Va., on Monday, July 18, 2022. Salango granted the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia a preliminary injunction against the state's 1800s-era abortion ban. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) Katie Quiñonez, executive Director of the Women's Health Center of West Virginia, sits in her office at the clinic in Charleston, W.Va. on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. The only abortion provider in the state had to immediately suspend abortion services following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. West Virginia has an 1800s-era abortion ban on the books that makes providing abortions a felony. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) A sign for the Women's Health Center of West Virginia is displayed in the clinic's empty waiting room on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 in Charleston, W.Va. West Virginia's only abortion clinic stopped performing abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, but the facility is still open to provide routine gynecological care, like cervical exams and cancer screenings. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) The waiting room of the Women's Health Center of West Virginia in Charleston, W.Va. sits empty on Wednesday June 29, 2022. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, the clinic had to suspend abortion services because of an 1800s-era abortion ban in West Virginia state code. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham) Chief Nurse Executive Danielle Maness stands in an empty examination room that was used to perform abortions at the Women's Health Center of West Virginia in Charleston, W.Va. on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v Wade, the clinic had to suspend abortion services because of an 1800s-era abortion ban in West Virginia state code. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)
Abortion clinic goes before judge to challenge WVa ban