Trump said last week a near-total, Civil War-era abortion ban in Arizona had gone too far.
The law makes providing or helping with an abortion punishable by up to five years in prison.
AdvertisementArizona Republicans shut down an attempt by Democrats to repeal a contentious abortion ban from 1864 that was reinstated by the state's Supreme Court earlier this month.
Democrats attempted to introduce a bill Wednesday that would repeal the ban during a state House legislative session, NBC reported.
It makes providing or helping someone get an abortion a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
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