Supreme Court abortion ruling updates: WH warns of ‘nightmare scenarios’

A state court blocked Louisiana's trigger law banning abortion from going into effect on Monday after a petition was filed earlier in the day by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.

The petition was filed on behalf Hope Medical Group for Women -- a clinic located in Shreveport -- arguing that the trigger ban was "vague" and didn't explicitly state when a provider could interfere to save a woman's life.

Abortion care will resume in the state and a hearing has been set for July 8.

-ABC News' Ely Brown

Abortion providers have teamed up with a law firm to challenge Louisiana's trigger ban following the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade.

The Center for Reproductive Rights and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP filed a petition Monday on behalf of Hope Medical Group for Women -- a clinic located in Shreveport -- its administrator Kathaleen Pittman and Medical Students for Choice requesting emergency relief from the ban.

The ban does not allow abortions in most instances except if the mother's life is at risk. However, the doctor must make an effort to save the life of both the other and the fetus before performing an abortion.

The plaintiffs argue Louisiana's trigger laws are "vague" and that it's impossible to tell what constitutes as the mother's life being at risk.

“Seeking reproductive care is already difficult in the U.S., especially in Louisiana," said Pittman in a statement.

She continued, "We are committed to this monumental legal challenge -- not to perpetuate an endless political battle, but to ensure our patients’ wellbeing and so that they may draw strength from our dedication to this fight.”

Two people were arrested Saturday afternoon for destruction of property, after allegedly throwing paint over a fence near the Supreme Court, U.S. Capitol Police announced.

Demonstrators gathered in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., to protest following the decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.

Capitol Police added that due to the weather, 12 people were treated for heat issues and that “local partners worked together to bring in cooling buses & additional people to help demonstrators with heat issues.“

Abortion has become illegal in eight states, home to more than 31 million Americans, since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which had guaranteed the medical procedure as a constitutional right.

Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Utah had trigger laws that went into effect following the ruling.

Providers have stopped performing abortions in Arizona, Wisconsin and West Virginia while legal analysis is pending. Abortions are not being performed in a total of at least 11 states.

All state abortion bans currently in effect provide an exception when the life of the mother is at risk.<

Only Utah allows exceptions for cases of rape, incest or a lethal fetal deformity.

ABC News’ Devin P. Dwyer