erin king. she is an ob/gyn and the executive director of hope clinic for women in granite city, illinois, which is about ten minutes from downtown st. louis, missouri. and here in new york, we are joined by alexa kolbi-molinas, senior staff attorney at the aclu reproductive freedom project. she recently filed the aclu challenge to the alabama abortion ban. welcome both of you to democracy now! let's begin with dr. erin king. the st.minutes from louis women's health clinics that provide abortion. explain what is happening this week, before we move on to the supreme court, what could happen by friday with missouri's last remaining women's health clinic that provides abortions. >> thank you for having me on the show this morning. we are really, really concerned here in missouri. i am a missouri resident. right now i'm sitting literally a couple of miles from the last remaining clinic. the news that broke yesterday about the fact that the missouri state health department is threatening to shut this