Washington (CNN) The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit Friday against Alabama's abortion law, the latest in legal challenges to state legislation that place restrictions on abortions.

Alabama's near-total ban -- the most restrictive abortion law in the country -- would punish doctors who perform the procedure with up to 99 years in prison and does not include exceptions for cases of rape and incest. Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill into law last Wednesday, but it does not take effect until November.

The suit, brought on behalf of Alabama abortion providers, argues that the law conflicts with the US Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, and seeks an injunction against the Alabama law.

"Enforcement of the Ban will ... inflict immediate and irreparable harm on plantiffs' patients by violating their constitutional rights, threatening their health and well-being, and forcing them to continue their pregnancies to term against their will," the complaint says.

The complaint argues that the Alabama ban will "disproportionately" affect black women and low-income patients.

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