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Abortion Opponents Challenge Louisville Clinic Restraining Order

Ashley Lopez, via WFPL

Abortion opponents are challenging a federal restraining order that keeps them from gathering on a patch of sidewalk in front of the only clinic still performing abortions in Kentucky. 

Last week, a federal judge established a buffer zone outside Louisville's EMW Women's Surgical Center that keeps protesters from assembling in front of the clinic.

Abortion opponents challenged the ruling in a hearing on Monday. It will continue Tuesday at the Louisville federal courthouse.

Rusty Thomas, director of the group Operation Save America, is challenging the restraining order. Thomas' group is leading large anti-abortion protests at the clinic in Louisville this week.

A clinic volunteer, Patricia Canon, testified at the hearing that the buffer zone helped patients move into the clinic without obstructions during protests by the group on Saturday.

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