Ohio Attorney General wants to continue fighting an appeal of the state’s Heartbeat Act.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost wants to continue fighting an appeal of the state’s Heartbeat Act, despite the act now being unconstitutional, saying the case is about more than just abortion. The Heartbeat Act, which forbids abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat, became unconstitutional after State Issue 1 passed during the November General Election. In a press release, Yost said the case started out about abortion but is now focused on “important procedural questions to resolve litigation over state law.” Those questions stem from the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, which issued a preliminary injunction that kept the Heartbeat Act from being enforced, according to the release. The court denied an attempt by the state to appeal that injunction, stating it couldn’t be done. The Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear only two procedural parts of the states appeal: Whether the state can appeal preliminary injunctions and whether clinics and a doctor can sue over patient’s rights.