PHOENIX (AZFamily/AP) — Democrats and two Republicans in the Arizona Senate cleared a path on Wednesday to bring a proposed repeal of the 1864 territorial near-total abortion ban.

Republican lawmakers could weaken support for an anticipated pro-abortion ballot measure in Arizona by crafting competing proposals, a document circulated Monday shows.

Planned Parenthood Arizona acknowledged in a court filing Wednesday that a state law from 1864 criminalizing abortion providers was never repealed. But the old law now must be "harmonized" with ...