Adam Edelman is a political reporter for NBC News.
The Arizona Senate is expected on Wednesday to attempt to pass a repeal of the near-total ban on abortion from 1864 that was upheld by the battleground state’s Supreme Court last month. If the bill, which the state House approved last week, passes the upper chamber, it would head to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs for a signature. The state Senate is scheduled to gavel in at 1:00 p.m.
Last year’s session ended in late July, so if this year’s session ended at a similar time, the repeal would not be implemented until late October or early November. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, said Tuesday that the 1864 ban would go into effect on June 27 — not June 8 as her office initially said — citing her office’s interpretation of state Supreme Court procedural rules.
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