A registered nurse is attempting to use an open records law in Pennsylvania to uncover the name and license number of every physician, administrator, medical director, owner, trustee and board member affiliated with abortion clinics in the state.

Jean Crocco, 66, who lives in Illinois and works for the anti-abortion organization Pro-Life Action League, says she is seeking the information to protect women from subpar medical care, though experts say abortion is an extremely safe procedure and complications are rare.

“I research the physicians to verify they are licensed and also look at other states where they may practice to see if their licenses are current and if they have been disciplined,” she told HuffPost in an email. “Only when there is a real threat to patient safety do we make public my findings.”

But supporters of abortion rights say the true intention of these requests is to bully and pressure providers out of practice, with the ultimate goal of eroding abortion access.

A number of groups in the anti-abortion movement, including the Pro-Life Action League, use personal information to harass, stalk, intimidate and even physically harm abortion providers, said Melissa Fowler, vice president of external relations at the National Abortion Federation, the professional association of abortion providers in the U.S.

“We can’t buy into the lie that their intentions here are innocent,” Fowler said. “This is not what the history of their past actions show us.”

Crocco’s request was denied under the personal safety exemption of the state’s open records law, which protects records that, if disclosed, could result in a substantial and demonstrable risk of physical harm to an individual.

Now Crocco is appealing to the courts, pitting her right to know against the safety of abortion providers. Last week, Commonwealth Court judges heard arguments in the case. A three-judge panel will decide if the contested information should be released or not in the coming months.

Crocco’s lawsuit comes at a time when the U.S. is seeing an unprecedented wave of anti-abortion legislation. So far in 2019, six states have passed bills to ban abortion at six to eight weeks, long before many women know they are pregnant. Alabama has gone even further, banning abortion in almost all cases. None of the new laws are currently in effect.