The legal battle over Iowa’s heartbeat abortion law  continued with a hearing in Polk County District Court.

Lawyers for Planned Parenthood and the A-C-L-U are asking a judge to forgo a trial and declare the law unconstitutional. They say it would effectively ban almost all abortions in Iowa because it prohibits them after a fetal heartbeat is detected, as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

Thomas More Society lawyer, Martin Cannon, is a working for the state. He says this law should stand even though the Iowa Supreme Court recently found abortion is a fundamental right.

Judge Michael Huppert says he’ll likely take nearly two months to decide either to permanently block the law or to move forward with a trial.