The Attorney General's office said it filed the notice of accelerated interlocutory appeal under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 6.001(b) and Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 29.1(b).
The appeal targets a district court ruling the AG's office said "would have limited enforcement of Texas's abortion law."
According to the release, the procedure "allows the Attorney General to bypass the intermediate court of appeals and seek immediate review from the Texas Supreme Court."
The underlying case is "a challenge to Texas's abortion restrictions," the release said, but did not detail the specific nature of the district court's ruling.
The AG's office said it is "seeking to preserve the state's current abortion law framework by appealing the decision directly to the state's highest court."
The Texas Supreme Court will decide whether to grant the accelerated appeal and ultimately whether to uphold or overturn the district court's ruling.