A Democratic tactic to force a vote repealing an 1864 abortion ban in Arizona went down to defeat Wednesday. The law — dating back to the days Arizona was a territory — became more than a historical curiosity recently when the Arizona supreme court ruled that it was now valid, because it was in effect when the Roe v. Wade decision took place in 1973, which in turn was thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to Axios. A 2022 Arizona law bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which created a conflict with the 1864 law. Democrats have vowed to wipe away the 1864 near-total ban on ab…
