The only abortion clinic in Mississippi has been busy since the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide.
Doctors at the Jackson Women's Health Organization have been trying to see as many patients as possible before Thursday, when a law banning most abortions will take effect.
The Pink House, best known for its anti-abortion protesters and volunteers escort patients into the clinic, was the scene of more fighting on Wednesday.
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An abortion opponent yelled at Dr. Cheryl Hamlin when she walked outside the Pink House. Do not relent! Doug Lane yelled repentance.
Beau Black yelled at Lane: "Hypocrites and Pharisees!" Hypocrites and religious people.
When the Supreme Court ruled in favor of abortion rights in 1973, abortion access was limited across the U.S.
The ruling was issued by the court on June 24. The Mississippi clinic has seen a lot of patients since Texas enacted a ban on abortion early in pregnancies.
Cars with Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas license plates have been driving through Jackson to get women and girls to the Pink House. In the shade of pink and purple crepe myrtles, drivers parked on side streets near a clinic blasted their air-conditioning units.
The owner of the Mississippi clinic drove to Jackson to speak at the Pink House after the Supreme Court ruled against abortion.
It has been a pleasure to be in Mississippi. The people gathered in the heat were told by Derzis that he loved them.
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The Jackson Women's Health Organization challenged a Mississippi law that banned most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancies. The Pink House had been doing abortions through 16 weeks, but they were not allowed to do it after 24 weeks.
The top public health official in Mississippi has not commented on the case. The attorney general of the state urged the justices to use the case to change the law on abortion.
After the ruling, she told The Associated Press that she didn't regret filing the lawsuit.
We didn't have an option. If it wasn't for this lawsuit, he said, it would have been another one.
Out-of-state doctors are used at the Mississippi clinic.
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As the Pink House prepared to close, Dr. Hamlin worried about women living in deep poverty in parts of the state with little access to healthcare.
She said that people ask what they should do. I asked if I could vote.
Shannon Brewer believes low-income women will be most affected by being unable to get abortions in-state.
Brewer told the AP that the protesters know her by name and that she tunes them out.
Brewer said, "They don't say much to me anymore other than, you know, 'You're coming to work to kill babies.'" I have been here for a long time. I don't hear it when I get out of the car because it's the same thing over and over again.
The Pink House was expected to be closed on Thursday but there were no procedures in place.
The Pink House West will open in Las Cruces, New Mexico, about an hour's drive from El Paso, Texas. Hamlin is going to get a license in New Mexico so she can work there.
Mississippi and New Mexico are both poor states with differing views on abortion politics.
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New Mexico took an extra step to protect providers and patients from out-of-state prosecutions. It is likely that more people will seek abortions from neighboring states with more restrictive abortion laws.
Whole Woman's Health, one of the largest abortion providers in Texas, is planning to open a second location in New Mexico near the state line. After Friday's ruling by the state Supreme Court that ended abortions at its four clinics, it began winding down operations in Texas.
She had painted the building bright pink several years ago and was pragmatic about the building's future.
Someone will knock it down and make a parking lot out of it. She did her job and many women had their abortions here.
Susan Bryan is from New Mexico.
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