Nash said an abortion provider is not an attractive candidate for most hospitals to grant privileges to because they don’t bring in enough patients, as 99 percent of the abortions performed result in no complications that would require a trip to a hospital, according to the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Abortions are very safe and privileges are not routinely given to providers, regardless of their medical practice, not just abortion providers,” Nash said.

Yet, Republican-controlled state legislatures have been passing the laws in a coordinated effort led by anti-abortion groups since 2010 and courts, in some instances, are upholding them.

In addition to Affiliated Medical Services’ Milwaukee clinic, Planned Parenthood operates abortion clinics in Appleton, Milwaukee and Madison. If the law was upheld, the Affiliated Medical clinic would close.

Mississippi has one abortion clinic. If its law is upheld in court, women will have to go to another state to have an abortion. A federal trial began in Alabama, Mississippi’s neighbor to the east, on Wednesday. If the law is upheld in Alabama, three of its five clinics would close.

In Louisiana, Mississippi’s neighbor to the west, the Legislature is about to pass an admitting privileges bill.