(CNN) A Missouri judge issued an order Monday to keep a preliminary injunction in place allowing Planned Parenthood to continue performing abortions at its St. Louis clinic until 5 p.m. Friday, according to a statement from Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region. Patients with appointments scheduled for this week will receive care, the clinic said Monday.

Circuit Court Judge Michael Stelzer's order gives Planned Parenthood more time to challenge a decision by the Department of Health and Senior Services to not renew the clinic's license, which expired May 31. The canceled license applied only to abortions, not the other services offered by Planned Parenthood, according to department Director Randall Williams.

If the clinic loses its license, Missouri will become the first state without an abortion clinic in almost 50 years.

St. Louis Planned Parenthood sued the department for failing to renew the license. Its legal case will be decided by the Administrative Hearing Commission , a neutral and independent hearing officer for the state. Stelzer granted a preliminary injunction allowing the facility to keep performing abortions until the hearing, and Monday's decision continues this injunction.

Williams said his department did not re-up the license because Planned Parenthood failed to correct 26 of 30 deficiencies found by regulators, and abortion doctors refused to cooperate in the investigation. In one case, a patient had three abortion-related services in three days, Williams said: An unsuccessful surgical procedure was followed by an unsuccessful medical procedure and then by another surgery. Another patient had an abortion that failed, he said.

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