“And, even if the result were plaintiff carrying her child to term, it ought not be held that this result – having a child – is a harm at all, much less an irreparable one,” the filing says.

StLouisToday.com has details on the case, from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/CF93B54A9AA150C78625709A00119BEA?OpenDocument

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