Over the past two weeks, Wisconsin Republicans have fast-tracked several anti-abortion measures they hope to squeeze in before this year’s legislative session ends. Gov. Scott Walker (R) has already thrown his support behind some of the abortion restrictions — but the same isn’t true for any of the major medical associations in the state.

As the Capital Times notes, Wisconsin’s proposed abortion restrictions — which include a bill that would shut down abortion clinics and mandate potentially invasive ultrasound procedures, a bill to prevent abortions based on gender, and a bill to prevent insurance coverage of abortion in Obamacare’s health insurance marketplaces — don’t have the backing of leading doctors’ groups. The Wisconsin Medical Society, the Wisconsin Association of Local Health Departments and Boards, the Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians, the Wisconsin Hospital Association, and the Wisconsin Public Health Association have all declined to endorse the measures.

Susan Armacost, the legislative director for Wisconsin Right to Life, told the Capital Times that the doctors and medical leaders who haven’t announced their support for the abortion restrictions are being “short-sighted.”

“We would remind the medical community that abortion is unlike any other medical procedure. Its only goal is to destroy a human life,” Armacost said. “I would think if they stopped to think about this, they would realize it is not like setting a broken wrist or taking out appendix.”

Aramcost’s comments reflect the anti-abortion community’s push to segregate abortion services from the rest of women’s health care, an indirect method of restricting women’s access to reproductive health services. That tactic that has been largely successful, as many states lack adequate numbers of abortion providers now that mounting piles of restrictions have made it too difficult to practice abortion care.

But the professional medical community stands in opposition to this characterization of women’s health. Earlier this month, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, a national organization representing thousands of women’s health experts, came out against state-level abortion restrictions that interfere in their work. And as anti-abortion legislation has gotten more extreme over the past several years, increasing numbers of nonpartisan medical associations have chosen to wade into politics by expressing their opposition to abortion bills.

Across the country, states’ legislative sessions are drawing to a close. Over the past several months, lawmakers have been busy enacting over 300 provisions to restrict reproductive freedom — but in some states, they’re not done yet. Even though state legislators are running out of time in the 2013 session, the following states are fast-tracking anti-abortion measures they hope to push through before adjourning:

1. WISCONSIN: Abortion opponents in Wisconsin have successfully pushed through SB 206, a measure introduced at the beginning of June, in a matter of weeks. SB 206 would require women to undergo a potentially invasive ultrasound procedure and force one of the state’s last abortion clinics to close its doors. Women’s health advocates have accused the state legislature of rushing through the bill too quickly so its opponents won’t have enough time to mobilize against it. On Wednesday, in the midst of a contentious debate over SB 206 on the Senate floor, Republicans cut off the debate and forced a vote on the legislation — even among Democratic lawmakers’ protests that the discussion wasn’t over. It passed, and now heads to Gov. Scott Walker (R), who has already promised to sign it.

2. TEXAS: The legislative session in the Lone Star state has already ended, but that doesn’t mean Texas women are safe from assaults on their reproductive rights. Gov. Rick Perry (R) has called a special session to give lawmakers a chance to consider legislation that hasn’t been able to advance yet, after anti-choice lawmakers pressured him to give them a chance to keep trying to push through abortion restrictions. This year, Democrats successfully blocked at least 24 anti-abortion bills introduced during the regular session. But they may not be able to do so in the current special session, which is operating under different rules that allow for less debate. Now, Republican lawmakers may be able to successfully advance SB 5, a sweeping anti-choice measure that would criminalize abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, shut down 80 percent of the state’s abortion clinics, and limit women’s access to the abortion pill.

3. OHIO: Lawmakers in Ohio are currently engaged in budget negotiations — and abortion opponents have attached amendments to the proposed budget that would defund Planned Parenthood, shut down abortion clinics, and redirect state funding to right-wing “crisis pregnancy centers” that mislead women about their reproductive options. Earlier this week, a coalition of Ohio Republicans also introduced a separate abortion bill that combines several egregious attacks on women’s health into one measure. HB 200 would — among other things — mandate invasive ultrasounds and require women to cover the additional cost of the procedure, force women to wait 48 hours before accessing abortion services, and require doctors to tell their patients about a widely debunked link between abortion and breast cancer.

4. NORTH CAROLINA: At the end of May, the North Carolina legislature approved new abortion restrictions — including a measure preventing women from using their own insurance plans to cover abortion care — right before a deadline that non-budget bills must meet in order to stay alive in the next session. But even though the legislative focus has now turned to the state budget, that hasn’t stopped Republicans from continuing to push anti-abortion measures. Lawmakers have tacked on a budget amendment to allocate health care funds to crisis pregnancy centers, despite the fact that they don’t actually offer the full range of women’s health services, like contraception or abortion referrals. The new budget priorities, which also include tax breaks for the wealthy and cuts for other social service programs, have sparked mass protests at the state capitol building this week.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has thrown his support behind an anti-abortion measure that’s currently moving through the state legislature, saying he will sign the bill into law if it makes it to his desk. SB 206 would require women to undergo an ultrasound before getting an abortion — which would mandate an invasive transvaginal probe for some of the women who seek early abortions in their first trimester — and force one of the state’s last abortion clinics to close its doors.

“I don’t have any problem with ultrasound,” Walker told reporters on Tuesday in Milwaukee. “I think most people think ultrasounds are just fine.”

Forced ultrasound bills mandate a medically unnecessary procedure that would otherwise be left up to the discretion of a woman and her doctor. Medical experts, including the largest national group representing thousands of OB-GYNs across the country, are opposed to this type of legislation because they say it interferes with their work and compromises their relationships with patients. “All of a sudden, the Senate is full of doctors,” Wisconsin Sen. Tim Cullen (D) said in reference to SB 206′s advancement.

And, even though the lawmakers who push for mandatory ultrasound measures sometimes deny it, these laws also require many women to undergo an invasive transvaginal probe. Before 12 weeks of pregnancy, a transvaginal ultrasound is the only way to detect a clear image — and, since the vast majority of women in the United States seek abortion services in their first trimester, those women must submit to an invasive probe in order to comply with these burdensome laws. Over the past year, reproductive rights advocates have repeatedly decried transvaginal ultrasound laws as “state sponsored rape.”

SB 206 doesn’t stop there. The proposed legislation also includes a provision that would impose additional restrictions on abortion clinics, which would ultimately force a Planned Parenthood clinic to shut down. Since there are only four health clinics in the entire state of Wisconsin that currently provide abortion care, SB 206 could end up severely limiting women’s reproductive access.

The anti-abortion measure was first introduced at the beginning of this month, and it has swiftly advanced in just over a week. Women’s health advocates are accusing the Wisconsin GOP of intentionally fast-tracking SB 206 so that its opponents won’t have enough time to mobilize against it. “This speed of passage sends a clear signal that these legislators want to deny any efforts to ensure due process and are refusing to allow sufficient time for medical providers, advocates, women and their partners to truly weigh in on the anticipated damaging effects of this legislation,” Sara Finger, the executive director of the Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health, said in a statement. Finger had less than 24 hours to analyze the legislation before testifying against it.

Walker is expected to follow through on his word to sign SB 206. Throughout his time in office, the GOP governor has approved several attacks on women’s health. Last year, Walker signed three different bills into law to limit abortion access and expand abstinence-only education. And his recent budget stripped family planning funding away from Planned Parenthood, forcing the women’s health organization to close force of its clinics in rural Wisconsin.

Under an anti-abortion measure currently advancing in the Wisconsin legislature, one of the state’s last remaining abortion clinics could soon be forced to close its doors. There are only four abortion clinics left in Wisconsin, three of which are operated by Planned Parenthood. The women’s health organization has confirmed that one of its locations will not be able to comply with the proposed restrictions.

If SB 206 is approved, it would require the state’s abortion clinics to obtain admitting privileges from a hospital within 30 miles. On Monday, a GOP-controlled Senate health committee approved the measure with a 3-2 vote along party lines. It now heads to the full Senate, which could vote on it as early as Thursday. If the Wisconsin legislature successfully pushes SB 206 through, Planned Parenthood will be forced to close the clinic that it currently operates in Appleton, WI.

Planned Parenthood’s Nicole Safar explained that the Appleton clinic wouldn’t be able to get admitting privileges quickly enough before the law would take effect. “If this bill passes in the time frame they are proposing, we are closing the doors,” Safar said in reference to the organization’s Appleton location.

Although Republican lawmakers claim that requiring admitting privileges is an important way to make sure that health clinics are providing safe care to women, it’s actually a burdensome regulation that forces abortion clinics across the country to shut down. A similar law in Mississippi has threatened to force the state’s only remaining abortion clinic to close its doors. When Mississippi’s last clinic tried to apply for admitting privileges, it was denied by seven different hospitals. In April, a federal judge intervened, ruling that the unnecessary rule has nothing to do with women’s safety and shouldn’t go into effect in the state.

Wisconsin has launched several serious attacks on women’s health over the past several years. Anti-abortion lawmakers excluded Planned Parenthood from the state funding during the last budget cycle, a move that forced the national women’s health organization to close four of its clinics in rural Wisconsin. State lawmakers have also imposed unnecessary restrictions on the abortion pill that make it more difficult for women to have first-trimester medication abortions. And SB 206 isn’t just about over-regulating abortion clinics — it also contains a provision that would force women to have a mandatory ultrasound before being allowed to receive abortion care, a thinly-veiled attempt to convince women to change their minds about ending a pregnancy.