(Richmond, Va.) (AP) — A group of women’s health care providers filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn a number of Virginia’s abortion regulations in light of a landmark 2016 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

The lawsuit filed in federal court challenges Virginia laws, some decades old, that restrict who can provide an abortion and how it can be provided. The plaintiffs argue the laws are unconstitutional obstacles to care that are not supported by medical evidence.

Dr. Shanthi Ramesh, medical director of the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood, said during a conference call that Virginia politicians created the restrictions “in a bygone era” to make abortion inaccessible. “That era is over,” she said.

The lawsuit was filed against Virginia’s health commissioner, other state health officials and local prosecutors responsible for enforcing some of the laws being challenged. It seeks to have the laws declared unconstitutional and prevent them from being enforced.

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