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Lone Mississippi abortion clinic seeks legal path to reopen

A woman supporting abortion-rights holds a sign outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. Protesters clashed outside a legislative building, where lawmakers were taking testimony as they consider new restrictions on abortion in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning of Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Abortion opponent Annie Wirth, center, shouts at abortion-rights supporters outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. Protesters clashed outside a legislative building, where lawmakers were taking testimony as they consider new restrictions on abortion in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning of Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Abortion opponent Alexander Wirth, center, stands with two of his children outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. Protesters clashed outside a legislative building, where lawmakers were taking testimony as they consider new restrictions on abortion in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning of Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

A woman supporting restrictions on abortion holds a sign outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. Protesters clashed outside a legislative building, where lawmakers were taking testimony as they consider new restrictions on abortion in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning of Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Abortion opponent Alexander Wirth, left, reads from the Bible as he's confronted by a woman supporting abortion rights, center, outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. Protesters clashed outside a legislative building, where lawmakers were taking testimony as they consider new restrictions on abortion in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning of Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

A woman supporting abortion rights shouts at anti-abortion protesters outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. Protesters clashed outside a legislative building, where lawmakers were taking testimony as they consider new restrictions on abortion in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning of Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

An abortion-rights supporter holds a sign outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. Protesters clashed outside a legislative building, where lawmakers were taking testimony as they consider new restrictions on abortion in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning of Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Surrounded by clinic escorts, Dr. Cheryl Hamlin, right, yells at anti-abortion activist John Busby, unseen, outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss.,Thursday, July 7, 2022. Hamlin is one of a rotating group of physicians that provided abortions at the clinic. The clinic was the only facility that performed abortions in the state. However, on Tuesday, a chancery judge rejected a request by the clinic to temporarily block a state law banning most abortions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Kim Gibson, co-director of the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic patient escorts, better known as the Pink House defenders, left, uses a bullhorn to attempt to shout down the speaker system used by anti-abortion activist to speak out to women entering the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, July 7, 2022. The clinic was the only facility that performed abortions in the state. However, on Tuesday, a chancery judge rejected a request by the clinic to temporarily block a state law banning most abortions. The clinic saw a limited number of patients on Thursday, but not for abortions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Derenda Hancock, right, co-director of the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic patient escorts, better known as the Pink House defenders, argues with anti-abortion advocate Boris Campos outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, July 7, 2022. The clinic was the only facility that performed abortions in the state. However, on Tuesday, a chancery judge rejected a request by the clinic to temporarily block a state law banning most abortions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Abortion rights advocates stand outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., and attempt to shout down a group of abortion opponents, Thursday, July 7, 2022. The clinic was the only facility that performed abortions in the state. However, on Tuesday, a chancery judge rejected a request by the clinic to temporarily block a state law banning most abortions. Without other developments in the Mississippi lawsuit, the clinic ceased abortions the end of business Wednesday and the state law took effect Thursday. The clinic saw a limited number of patients on Thursday, but not for abortions. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

FILE - An abortion protester stands outside the Red River Valley Women's Clinic in Fargo, N.D., on Feb. 20, 2013. North Dakota's only abortion clinic filed a lawsuit Thursday, July 7, 2022, seeking to block enforcement of the state's trigger law banning abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade. The Red River Women's Clinic argues that the state constitution protects the right to abortion. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack, File)

Lone Mississippi abortion clinic seeks legal path to reopen