In a significant legal development, the Arizona Supreme Court has delayed the enforcement of an 1864 law that imposed a near-total ban on abortion within the state. This decision follows Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs’s recent repeal of the law, setting the stage for a complex legal battle that could have far-reaching implications for reproductive rights in Arizona. Arizona’s abortion landscape has been marked by a long and tumultuous history. The 1864 law in question, which had remained dormant for decades, resurfaced in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s …