In an action that is scrambling normal political alliances, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has decided to appeal a federal court order that overturned the state’s law on parental notice for abortions for minors.

Ms. Madigan’s office filed paperwork Thursday indicating that it will ask the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reinstate a statute that generally requires underage girls to get parental permission to have an abortion. The law had been tossed out by U.S. District Judge David Coar, who ruled last month that the statute is incomplete and defective.