THIS is the shocking moment a woman seeking an abortion had to cover her head with coats and be escorted by five helpers to protect herself from protesters.

The hostile crowd shouted "Don't kill your baby!" as she tried to get into the clinic, which is the only one in the US state of Kentucky that still performs abortions.

4 A woman seeking an abortion had to cover her head with coats and be escorted by five helpers to protect herself from protesters

4 Signs accusing her of murder greeted her as she arrived at the clinic

Signs bearing slogans like "abortion is murder" greeted her as she tried to get inside.

Those escorting her were pro-choice volunteers who help women into women's health clinics safely while there are anti-abortion demos going on outside.

Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin recently signed into law a so-called "heartbeat bill" abortion ban and a ban on abortions for specific reasons.

Both bans have been blocked while litigation continues.

As the woman approaches the front door of the EMW Women's Surgical Center in Louisville a man can be heard calling her a "murderer" over loudspeaker in the clip.

He said: "Young lady, you don't have to be a murderer this morning, young lady."

Young lady, you don't have to be a murderer this morning Protester

The man continued: "Don't listen to the wicked counsel of these orange-vested people, these orange-vested people who are rubbing you on the back and telling you that it's gonna be OK.

"It's not gonna be OK for your baby. It's not gonna be OK."

After the woman gets inside he tells her inaccurate information about the procedure, saying the baby's head will be "crushed" and claiming the fetus will be "destroyed with chemicals" and "torn limb from limb".

At the end of the video a man walks by with a sign that reads "babies are murdered here".

The video was shared to Facebook by John Williams, who calls himself a street preacher.

'BABIES ARE MURDERED HERE'

Williams's Facebook pictures show him wearing a slogan t-shirt that says "Homo sex leads to Hell" and another that reads "Mom, please don't kill me" alongside a picture of a fetus.

Amber Duke, communications director for the ACLU of Kentucky which represents EMW Women's Surgical Center, said the protests was "pretty typical" of a Saturday morning outside the clinic.

Duke told DailyMail.com: "This is the status quo that's been going on for years outside the clinic.

"That video was taken on a Saturday, I believe. Those are usually the heaviest days of protest at the clinic."

New spate of anti-abortion laws in the US Missouri is one of eight Republican-led states in America to have passed anti-abortion laws this year. Doctors who perform abortions more than eight weeks into pregnancy in that state would face five to 15 years in prison. Governors in Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio and Georgia have recently approved bans on abortion once a foetal heartbeat is detected. This can occur in the sixth week of pregnancy, before many women realise that they're pregnant. Alabama's governor signed a measure making the procedure a felony in nearly all cases. Other states, including Louisiana, are considering similarly restrictive laws. LEGAL CHALLENGES However, none of the laws has actually taken effect, and all will almost definitely be blocked while legal challenges play out in court. The US Supreme Court's landmark decision in Roe v. Wade said a woman has the right to choose whether to have an abortion. Supporters of the new laws want the nation's highest court to reconsider that 1973 ruling, now that balance seems tipped in their favour. But, opponents of the laws have been filing lawsuits to challenge them, including in Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Mississippi, Alabama while there are also plans to sue in Georgia. IMPACT OF LAW CHANGES ON ABORTIONS Women can still get abortions in states where the laws were passed. While abortions are still legal everywhere in the US, lawmakers in some states have passed less restrictive measures, to ensure that accessing the procedure will be more difficult. This has resulted in six states having just one abortion provider, while others have only two or three. SURVEY: 58% SAY ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGAL A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that Americans have become more supportive of abortion rights over the past year, with 58% saying abortion should be legal in most or all cases. And 80% of respondents said they supported abortion in cases of rape or incest. SUPREME COURT WEIGHS IN This week, in a surprise move, the Supreme Court in the US issued a pair of decisions on an Indiana law restricting abortions. The justices refused to consider reinstating Indiana's ban on abortions performed because of foetal disability, or the sex or race of the foetus - meaning that provision should remain blocked. But they upheld the state's requirement that foetal remains can be buried or cremated after the procedure is done. Both provisions were part of a Republican-backed 2016 law signed by Vice President Mike Pence when he was Indiana's governor. Anti-abortion activists said it was a step towards recognising foetal tissue not as medical waste, but as human rights deserving human treatment. Planned Parenthood said the foetal burial provision was an abortion restriction "intended to shame and stigmatise women and families." One impact of the new spate of abortion laws is that the controversial changes have been moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign.

Abortion is a constitutional right in the US under the Supreme Court ruling Roe V Wade, but there have been several challenges to the decision in recent months.

Alabama recently passed a near total ban on abortions, including in cases of incest and rape and regardless of the age of the victim.

Missouri will become the first US state without an abortion clinic as its sole licensed centre is being forced to close.

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Health bosses said the operating licence of Parenthood’s clinic in St Louis wouldn't be renewed.

The charity's licence to provide abortions expires on Friday.

Last week Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed one of the “most extreme abortion bans in the country into law”, banning abortions from the eighth week of pregnancy.

4 She managed to get inside

4 The man with the loudspeaker continued to shout at her even after she went inside

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