A Missouri judge blocked the state’s near-total ban on abortion in a ruling on Friday, finding the policy unconstitutional under a pro-abortion ballot measure that voters approved in November.

Jackson County Circuit Court judge Jerri Zhang issued a preliminary injunction on Friday, finding that the state’s near-total ban on abortion is “directly at odds” with Amendment 3. The ban is “therefore presumptively invalid.” 

The ruling also strikes down several restrictions, including a requirement that an abortionist must be present when a patient is receiving a chemical abortion, and the 72-hour wait period between the patient checking in with the doctor and getting an abortion procedure. The ruling also waives criminal penalties for abortionists.

“Further, because ‘being subject to an unconstitutional statute, “for even minimal periods of time, unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury,”‘ the threat of irreparable harm exists here,” the judge wrote in the 22-page ruling. 

However, the judge allowed other restrictions to stand, including a requirement that abortion facilities must be licensed by the state and that a patient must have an in-person visit before receiving a chemical abortion. Additionally, physicians will still be the only providers allowed to perform abortion procedures.

“As they pertain to abortion facilities, the Court finds there may be a compelling governmental interest in licensing abortion facilities in this manner, and at the preliminary injunction phase, Plaintiffs have not shown the probability of success on the merits under Gabbert,” the judge wrote. 

Planned Parenthood argued most of its facilities cannot comply with some of the state’s licensing requirements.

“While Planned Parenthood stands ready to start providing abortions in Missouri again as soon as the Court permits, the abortion restrictions remaining in effect — including Missouri’s medically unnecessary and discriminatory clinic licensing requirement – make this impossible,” Planned Parenthood said in a statement.