The highest court in Utah ruled that America’s biggest abortion business has legal standing to challenge the pro-life law the state legislature passed to protect babies from abortions.

But the state’s governor says he will keep fighting for unborn children.

In a 4-1 ruling for Planned Parenthood of Utah v. State of Utah, the state’s high court determined that the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah had standing to challenge the law. The ruling means that the trigger law banning abortions, except in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of the mother, will remain on hold.

The court ruled that the lower court was right to temporarily block the law while Planned Parenthood’s challenge to it moves ahead. It means the law will remain blocked while the case moves forward.

Kathryn Boyd, the president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah, celebrated the ruling while Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R-Utah.) said the state will continue fighting for unborn children.

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Meanwhile, a number of Utah Republicans criticized the ruling.

“The Utah Legislature thoughtfully acted to ensure the state had a strong policy in place to protect both the unborn and the life of the mother. We are deeply disappointed by the Utah Supreme Court’s ruling today preventing our state’s abortion law from taking effect more than two years after the Dobbs decision,” they said. “Through this ruling, the Utah Supreme Court is undermining the constitutional authority of the Legislature to enact laws as elected representatives of the people of Utah.”