Health providers announce lawsuit to challenge Indiana's abortion ban

• Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) signed the bill into law shortly after it passed. It is scheduled to become enforceable on Sept. 15.

Details: Indiana's S.B. 1 makes abortion illegal, except in cases to "prevent any serious health risk" of a pregnant person, to save their life, if there's a "lethal fetal anomaly," or if the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest.

• It also "terminates the licensure of abortion clinics" so that abortions can only be performed in hospitals.
• Health providers who perform an illegal abortion could lose their medical license and potentially be found guilty of feticide.

State of play: The lawsuit — filed by Planned Parenthood Federation of America and others — "argues the abortion ban violates both the Indiana Constitution’s right to privacy and equal privileges protections," the groups said in a press release.

What they're saying: "Unless this ban is blocked, patients seeking abortion will be unable to access timely and potentially life-saving care in their own communities. The abortion ban that the legislature rushed through during a special session ... is both dangerous and incredibly cruel," said Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.