Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs gives a brief speech prior to President Joe Biden's remarks at the Tempe Center for the Arts on Sept. 28, 2023, in Tempe, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
"And the speaker of the House and the Senate president both weighed in, in this case, with an amicus brief, urging the court to do exactly what it did today," she added.
The Arizona Supreme Court delivered a 4-2 ruling Tuesday that said the 1864 law — passed when Arizona was a territory and codified in 1913 when it became a state — is "now enforceable" after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
A 160-year-old ban on abortion is now enforceable in Arizona. Pictured is an abortion clinic in Idaho. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Hobbs on Tuesday called on the state legislature "to do the right thing now and repeal this 1864 ban and protect access to reproductive care."
Cooper asked the governor about an executive order she signed last year that restricts county attorneys from prosecuting women and doctors for receiving and performing abortions.
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Hobbs said her order is "legally sound" and expressed hope that it would survive a legal challenge.
"This ban, this extreme ban, is going to prevent people from getting care that they need," Hobbs said.
Fox News Digital's Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.
Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
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