An Ohio judge permanently enjoined a state law blocking abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, nearly a year after voters in the state enshrined a right to an abortion in the Buckeye State’s constitution.

An Ohio judge permanently struck down the state's ban on abortion after about six weeks on Thursday and criticized its Republican attorney general for attempting to circumvent the will of Ohioans who voted to enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution.

An Ohio county judge issued a permanent injunction Thursday blocking the state from enforcing its “heartbeat” abortion ban, the first time the entire law has been permanently blocked following the passage of the state’s reproductive freedom amendment last year.