LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking her right to an abortion in Kentucky, in the latest challenge to the state’s near-total ban on the procedure.

The lawsuit, filed in state court in Louisville, claims Kentucky’s abortion-blocking laws violate the plaintiff’s rights to privacy and self-determination under the state constitution.

The woman, a state resident identified by the pseudonym Mary Poe to protect her privacy, is about seven weeks pregnant, the suit says. She wants to terminate her pregnancy but cannot legally do so.

“Without the ability to decide whether to continue a pregnancy, Kentuckians have lost their right to make critical decisions about their health, bodies, lives and futures,” the lawsuit states.

Class action status is being sought to include other people who are or will become pregnant and want the right to an abortion.

The lawsuit challenges Kentucky’s near-total trigger law ban and a separate six-week ban, both passed by Republican legislative majorities.

The trigger law went into effect when Roe v. Wade was overturned by the US Supreme Court in 2022 and bans abortions except to save the patient’s life or prevent disabling injury. It does not include exceptions for cases of rape or incest.

The process is similar to legal action taken almost a year agoalso by a pregnant woman who requested the right to an abortion. That challenge was dropped after the woman learned her embryo no longer had cardiac activity, but abortion rights groups said the legal battle was far from over.

Defendants in the latest suit include Russell Coleman, Kentucky’s Republican attorney general. His office did not immediately comment.

Kentucky Supreme Court refused last year to stop the near-total ban, which has resulted in abortion access remaining virtually closed in Kentucky. Abortion rights groups sought a plaintiff to challenge the ban.