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Posted: 9:44 AM- SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah has filed to have an injunction lifted so a state law banning partial birth abortions can go into effect immediately.

The Legislature passed a bill banning such abortions in 2004. But the Utah Women's Clinic and the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah sued the state over the law.

A federal judge imposed an injunction putting the bill on hold pending a review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled bans on partial birth abortions do not violate a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.

In light of that ruling, the Utah Attorney General's office has filed a federal petition asking the injunction on Utah's law be lifted.

Unless the Women's Clinic and Planned Parenthood fight the lifting of the injunction, the law could take effect immediately.