Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban will soon be gone from the state’s law books, but not from the campaign trail.

Even after the state Senate voted Wednesday to repeal a law banning nearly all abortions, Democrats running in the battleground state say they will make the Civil War-era law a centerpiece of their focus on reproductive rights.

President Joe Biden’s campaign team believes anger over the fall of Roe v. Wade gives them a political advantage in battleground states like Arizona. The issue has divided Republican leaders who have tried to respond to many in the GOP base who oppose abortion while avoiding statements that hurt them in November.

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