10 things you need to know today: May 29, 2019

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1. Missouri could become 1st state without abortion clinic since 1973

Planned Parenthood said Tuesday that Missouri's last abortion clinic might be forced to close this week because the state's health department is "refusing to renew" the women's health group's annual license to provide abortions in Missouri. Unless the license is renewed by the end of the month, Missouri will become the first U.S. state without an open abortion clinic since the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision declared that women have a constitutionally protected right to choose to have an abortion. Planned Parenthood has filed a lawsuit asking a court to block the state's decision so the clinic can keep operating, and a circuit court judge will hear arguments from both sides on Wednesday.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.