Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is appealing an order from a Jackson County judge that currently prevents the state from enforcing numerous abortion regulations. But the state supreme court unanimously refused to take up his request.

The Missouri Supreme Court sent Planned Parenthood's case over abortion licensing restrictions back to a lower court after the state appealed a decision that allowed outpatient abortions to resume.

The attorney general’s office wants the court to overturn a July 3 injunction that blocked enforcement of most laws restricting abortion access.

The fight over whether and when abortions can resume fully in Missouri will move to a new courtroom following a decision Tuesday by the Missouri Supreme Court.

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to take up Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s request to reinstate restrictions on abortion in the state, ordering him to turn to a state appeals court instead.