ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis judge issued another order Monday to keep Missouri's only abortion clinic operating while a fight over the facility's license plays out in court.

Circuit Jude Michael Stelzer granted Planned Parenthood's request for a preliminary injunction, which extends his earlier order to temporarily block the state from allowing the St. Louis facility's license to lapse. The courtroom win for abortion-rights advocates comes after a string of setbacks in legislatures around the U.S.

The state health department in May declined to renew the clinic's license to perform abortion procedures, citing concerns about patient safety, "failed surgical abortions" and legal violations.

Stelzer's ruling on Monday ordered the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to decide on Planned Parenthood's application to renew its license by June 21.

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Zuma also asked now suspended police commissioner General Riah Phiyega why she shouldn’t be suspended last year. He subsequently suspended her.

Abrahams came under severe criticism last month for announcing his intention to charge Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and two former Sars officials with fraud. At the end of October, however, he withdrew those charges, admitting that he had not properly familiarised himself with the case, and it turned out there was no case.

The NDPP withdrew the charges against the three on October 31 after citing a 2009 memorandum from a legal executive at Sars, which showed that there were