A state court judge in Utah will consider a request from Planned Parenthood to delay a statewide ban on abortion clinics on Friday.

In a lawsuit filed on April 3 in the Third Judicial District Court in Salt Lake City, Planned Parenthood argued that the right to bodily integrity is recognized in the Utah Constitution, with the desire to remain free from governmental invasion of privacy.

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“Bodily integrity is violated by nonconsensual physical intrusions,” the lawsuit states. “It includes not only risk of medical injury but any contact that is expressly unwanted.”

Judge Andrew Stone is presiding over the case. Stone ordered a preliminary action that prevented Utah's abortion trigger law from taking effect last year, a month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

In March, Republicans in the Utah legislature passed a resolution to end the hold on the abortion trigger law. The final vote was 59-13 in the Senate, and Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) signed the measure into law on March 15, according to the Daily Universe.

The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and the ACLU of Utah held a conference on March 1 to address the adverse measures the legislation would have on abortion access.

“Statewide polling consistently shows that Utahans don't want more abortion restrictions, and they don't want Utah lawmakers limiting how their medical professionals provide care,” said Jason Stevenson, director of public policy at Planned Parenthood Action Council of Utah.

While abortions are legal up to 18 weeks of pregnancy in Utah, this bill would require the service to be performed at hospitals instead of clinics such as Planned Parenthood.

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Republican state Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, a sponsor of the bill and longtime anti-abortion advocate, said the law was a result of working with doctors and hospitals to “strike the best balance of protecting innocent life and protecting women who experience rare and dangerous complications during pregnancy,” according to the Associated Press.

If the ban is upheld on Friday, Utah abortion clinics will be barred starting May 3.