Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the ACLU of Indiana and other organizations Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s abortion ban. Plaintiffs seek to block SB 1, which bans nearly all abortions except in cases of rape, incest, lethal fetal abnormalities or serious health risk to the pregnant parent. Governor Holcomb signed the law on August 5.

Plaintiffs argue that the law would strip “the fundamental rights” of Hoosiers in violation of the Indiana State Constitution. The organizations seek declaratory and injunction relief on the grounds that SB1 will cause irreparable harm. Planned Parenthood Great Northwest CEO Rebecca Gibron says the ban will increase “the maternal mortality rate for Black women by as much as 33 percent and 21 percent across the board.”

In June, a 10-year-old Ohio girl was forced to travel to Indiana for an abortion after she was raped and became pregnant. Her story became a political flashpoint in the aftermath of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the overturning of Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood. Dr. Caitlin Bernard, who administered the girl’s abortion, told NPR that she received threats and worried for her family’s safety after speaking out. According to Bernard,”our country is failing [patients] when they need us most. Doctors must be able to give people the medical care they need, when and where they need it.”