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Mississippi Governor Signs Nation's Toughest Abortion Ban Into Law

The state's only clinic that does abortions has filed a lawsuit in response to the new law, which bans abortion after 15 weeks of gestation.

In his State of the State Address in 2014, Gov. Phil Bryant announced a goal: "to end abortion in Mississippi."

Bryant has now signed a law that makes his state the most difficult state in the country to get an abortion. It is called the , and it bans

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