Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has moved toward appealing a block on the state’s strict abortion law, his office announced Thursday.

Paxton did not say when he would file the expected appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in defense of Senate Bill 8, which restricts abortions after fetal heartbeats are detected, but he said the motion stems from “the sanctity of human life” being a “top priority” of his.

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