In the eyes of a pro-life group, a recent court decision favoring an abortion clinic is an attack not only on states' rights but on families and children as well.

The Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a provisional license to a Texas-based abortion business, Whole Woman's Health Alliance (WWHA), to sell chemical abortions in South Bend, Indiana. The court amended Judge Sarah Evans Barker's original injunction that permitted WWHA to operate without a license or state jurisdiction.

"This continues to not only be an attack on states' rights but also an attack on families and children," says Jackie Appleman of St. Joseph County Right to Life. "The appeals court, by granting a license without state authority to a clinic with a history of health and safety violations, has overstepped their bounds to pander to the abortion lobby. So, we are frustrated by the decision and concerned for the women and families in our community."

Whole Woman's Health Alliance wants to set up shop in Indiana, as it believes there aren't enough abortion clinics in Indiana, thereby forcing women to travel to get an abortion.

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"Whole Woman's Health Alliance has sued the state of Indiana to try to remove all of our licensing restrictions and all the regulations put on abortions, so this is just a provisional license while that lawsuit is still happening," Appleman continues. "If and when that court decides if Indiana's licensing regulations are constitutional or not, the final determination will be made if they can keep this provisional license."

In the meantime, says the pro-life spokeswoman, Whole Woman's Health Alliance does have to comply with all of the abortion restrictions and regulations that Indiana has in place for women's health and safety.

"[From what I understand,] if they don't comply with those regulations … Indiana can revoke that license. But basically what this injunction did was allow them to bypass the licensing process," Appleman explains. "So, they automatically get a license and then the just have to continue to follow the abortion regulations to keep the license."