Story highlights The stay stops a ruling that would have allowed the teenager to get an abortion

The teenager is an undocumented immigrant in detention in Texas

Washington (CNN) The US Court of Appeals has issued an administrative stay against a ruling that would have allowed an undocumented teenager in detention in Texas to obtain an abortion.

On Wednesday, a federal judge ordered the government to allow the pregnant teen to get an abortion after the Trump administration denied her access to one.

In a two-page decision, DC District Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered officials at the Department of Health and Human Services to allow the girl, identified only as Jane Doe, to be transported by a guardian or attorney "promptly and without delay" to an abortion provider to obtain state-mandated counseling and then to obtain the abortion.

The order also barred those officials from "interfering or obstructing" the girl's access, from forcing her to make her decision known to anyone and from "retaliating" against her and the facility where she is in regards to her decision.

However, the Court of Appeals issued a stay on the ruling Thursday to "give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motion" filed by the government, the court ruled.

Read More