(CNSNews.com) - A 1995 Indiana state law requires most women to get counseling before having an abortion, but opponents are still fighting that law in court. In fact, the law has never taken effect - but that may change this week. A federal appeals court in Chicago is expected to issue an order upholding the law, perhaps as early as Tuesday. Anticipating such a ruling, an abortion rights group on Monday asked the appeals court to continue blocking the law, until the U.S. Supreme Court decides if it will hear the case. "Basically we're asking them to keep the status quo that we've had for about seven years so that the Supreme Court can have an opportunity to decide whether to take the case," wire reports quoted Simon Heller as saying. Heller is an attorney for The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy. Pro-life groups calls the latest appeal futile - an effort to stall the law. They say the Indiana law falls well within the Supreme Court's ruling on "informed consent," and they note that a three-judge panel already has declared the Indiana law constitutional.