U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups extended his earlier decision in the group's favor, but he said he plans to issue a longer ruling later.
The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah sued Gov. Gary Herbert in September, arguing his move to block $275,000 was unconstitutional and based on unproven allegations that Planned Parenthood officials in other states illegally sold fetal tissue from abortions for medical research.
The allegations came from secretly recorded videos released by a California anti-abortion group that showed Planned Parenthood officials in Texas and other states describing how they procure the tissue.
Herbert, a Republican, has said he was offended by the callousness of the discussion.
Planned Parenthood has said it only recouped expenses for providing tissue to researchers, and the videos were heavily edited. The organization announced this week that it will no longer accept any sort of payment to cover the costs of those programs, which it says only take place in California and Washington.
