The Alabama lawmakers who crafted the strictest abortion legislation in the nation hope it will be the measure that takes down Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that established the right to an abortion.

When signing the measure Wednesday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said, “Many Americans, myself included, disagreed when Roe v. Wade was handed down in 1973. The sponsors of this bill believe that it is time, once again, for the US Supreme Court to revisit this important matter, and they believe this act may bring about the best opportunity for this to occur.”

It could take years for the law — which will face challenges from the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood at the very least — to work its way up the judicial pipeline and to the highest court.

Here is how legal and abortion experts believe the Alabama law, which would make performing an abortion a felony in nearly all cases, would fare if it reaches the Supreme Court:

Mary Ziegler, a Florida State University professor who has written about the history of abortion and Roe v. Wade extensively:

“Even though there is a majority on the court that is skeptical of Roe, they won’t want to overturn. That looks political and sudden and like they have no respect for precedent.

“They could undermine Roe in other ways that makes them look not partisan” by hearing cases on abortion laws out of other states that are not as strict as Alabama’s.

“[Chief Justice John] Roberts and [Justice Brett] Kavanaugh see themselves as nonpartisan and if they’re pushed into a corner where they think it’s now or never [to overturn Roe], it may as well be never.”

Melissa Murray, an NYU Law professor specializing in constitutional law and reproductive rights who has clerked for Sonia Sotomayor:

“I’m not sure that the court would take this case because it is so extreme. It’s an obvious provocation and it violates existing Supreme Court precedent.”

Hearing the case “would galvanize political sentiment on this issue. Going into 2020, it would be a really bad look, and make the court look partisan.”

Roe v. Wade could be overturned “in time, not right now.”

“Chief Justice Roberts plays the long game. The anti-abortion movement also plays the long game. Many think [this law] is beyond the pale, too extreme. They may have overplayed their hand by dialing it up to a 10 and not a 6.”

Carol Sanger, a Columbia Law School professor focusing on reproduction, and law and gender who has written on the regulation of abortion:

“I have to say that there are some abortion cases that will in the next five years certainly get to the Supreme Court . . . If this case were to get to the Supreme Court, the court would have to decide whether or not it’s just going to completely disregard Roe.

“I don’t think overturning Roe is imminent. But it’s possible. If [President] Trump were to win in 2020 and get, say, one or two more appointments on the court, there could be a majority of six or seven people who would be strongly pro-life. So that is something that the future holds for this.

“We have to wait and see, but there’s no question this is the closest the pro-life movement has come to what they want, the national prohibition of abortion.”

Ron Kuby, a Manhattan-based criminal defense and civil rights lawyer:

“The court is more conservative now than it has been since 1973 and the anti-choice crowd is closer than it has ever been to overturning the Roe v. Wade law.

“It is extremely unlikely that the court will uphold the [Alabama] law under any circumstances, but the purpose of the law is to overturn Roe v. Wade.

“There is a very likely scenario where the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade, but still strikes down the Alabama law.

“I think there is a substantial likelihood of that happening. Just the other day, the Supreme Court overturned a case that had been precedent for 50 years.

“Roe v. Wade has been controversial since it has been decided.”

Additional reporting by Priscilla DeGregory