The Georgia Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on a challenge to a restrictive abortion law in which the state will claim sovereign immunity against lawsuits.

Three obstetricians have sued the state and Gov. Nathan Deal to stop enforcement of a 2012 law they say forbids nearly all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and gives district attorneys unlimited access to all abortion patients’ medical records, violating the constitutional right to privacy. Don Samuel, Susan Camp and Alexa Kolbi-Molinas represent the doctors: Eva Lathrop, Carrie Cwiak and Lisa Haddad.

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