PHOENIX — Arizona’s territorial-era law outlawing abortion except ... that a nearly total ban is not good policy. Sen. T.J. Shope said he, too, will work for repeal. The Coolidge Republican ...

Rep. Matt Gress speaks to the press after Republicans blocked the procedural vote to fast-track a repeal of the 1864 abortion ban during a legislative session at the Arizona House of Representatives.

Democrats in the Missouri Senate vowed the procedural moves, which are rarely used, would lead to a "painful" response in the ...