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After Republicans obstructed (voting to adjourn to avoid voting on a repeal) and blocked it for a while, Arizona has passed a repeal of the 1864 abortion ban that their Supreme Court ruled was now in effect.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/arizona-senate-passes-repeal-1864-abortion-ban-sending/story?id=109827722

Granted, this simply means that instead of this near total ban being in effect, the law will revert to the 15-week ban that Republicans passed in 2022 but it's better than nothing.

Arizona's Senate voted 16-14 to repeal the 1864 law. All 14 Democrats joined by 2 Republicans. One of those Republicans suggesting they hoped that by repealing this law they can stand a better chance of thwarting the ballot initiative that Arizona will vote on this November to protect abortion rights.

Still, it needs to be 90 days after the end of the legislative session for the repeal to take effect - and theoretically the GOP could drag that out until the end of June so there still could be a few months where the 1864 law is in force in Arizona.