barring last-minute intervention from a federal court, republicans in mississippi are within hours of banning abortion in that state. by making their state the only state in the country that has no abortion clinic, not one. in april, new republican governor phil bryant signed a trap law, specifically targeted, specifically owners regulations for the abortion clinics that other clinics in mississippi don't have to follow. republicans have proposed the trap laws in arizona, florida, indiana, north carolina, oklahoma, tennessee. in most cases, they argue the regulations are good for women, and if the new red tape shuts down the abortion providers, oops. mississippi is different, though. in mississippi, officials have been flat out admitting what they have been trying to do. they said they were doing this, passing this law specifically to try to shut down the last abortion clinic in the state. they want to end abortion in mississippi full stop.