( CNN ) -- The owners of Mississippi 's only abortion clinic are headed back to federal court in another attempt to stop a new state law which could close its doors -- effectively banning abortion in the state . The Jackson Women 's Health Organization filed for a preliminary injunction Wednesday to delay enforcement of the new law . Clinic officials say House Bill 1390 , which was signed into law in April , imposes unnecessary guidelines and requires abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a local hospital . The clinic 's doctors have been unable to gain those privileges . `` We 've done everything we can to comply with this law and have been shut down at every juncture , '' said Diane Derzis , the clinic 's president and owner . Opinion : Mississippi 's end run around abortion . `` Hopefully we 'll get a federal judge to see that the state of Mississippi has effectively banned abortion in the state and we hope the judge declares it unconstitutional , '' she told CNN . In July , a federal judge in Jackson , Mississippi , temporarily blocked the law from going into effect to allow the clinic time to comply with it , and stopped the state from imposing civil and criminal penalties against the organization . If the federal court does not grant a preliminary injunction while the clinic fights the constitutionality of the law , it could close down as early as February . `` Anti-choice politicians were very clear that they had one thing in mind when they passed this law : to shut down Mississippi 's only abortion clinic , '' said Nancy Northup , president and CEO at the Center for Reproductive Rights . `` It is n't a surprise to anyone that the physicians at the Jackson Women 's Health Organization have n't been able to obtain admitting privileges at any local hospital . '' But the law 's sponsor , state Rep. Sam Mims , told CNN the measure 's purpose was not to eliminate abortion . `` We 're protecting the health of women by giving them professional care , '' he said . `` I believe life begins at conception and I think a lot of Mississippians do as well . If this legislation causes less abortion , then that 's a good thing , '' Mims added . The clinic says it has not been able to secure hospital privileges at any of the 12 hospitals in the area . In a denial letter filed as part of the court record , one of the facilities -- Crossgates River Oaks Hospital in nearby Brandon -- wrote that the nature of the clinic 's medical practice `` is inconsistent with this hospital 's policies and practices as concerns abortion and , in particular , elective abortions ... The nature of your proposed medical practice would lead to both an internal and external disruption of the hospital 's function and business within this community . '' One legal expert says this fight is wrapped in the cloak of conservative religion in one of the most conservative , religious states in the nation . `` A lot of facilities and hospitals , no doubt , do n't want to ... be labeled as the one facility that 's hospitable to providing abortions , '' said Prof. W. Martin Wiseman , director of the Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University .
The Jackson Women 's Health Organization is the only abortion clinic in Mississippi . Comment: One state lawmaker says the aim of the law is to protect women 's health .