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Gallego said his campaign has been pitching in with the signature collection.

I have volunteers that are going door to door collecting signatures, said the congressman.

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat, called for repealing the states abortion ban in remarks to Phoenix volunteers for the Biden-Harris campaign on Saturday even as he agreed with Gallego that a repeal through the Legislature is not enough and signaled support for federal legislation.

We need to codify here in the state of Arizona the right for women to make this decision themselves, and then ultimately we need to do it federally, Kelly said.

Despite the push from Democrats for alternatives like a ballot initiative or a federal law, Republicans in the Arizona Legislature could still be compelled to act at the state level amid pressure to reverse the ban.

The Governor and the Arizona Legislature must use HEART, COMMON SENSE, and ACT IMMEDIATELY, to remedy what has happened, wrote former President Donald Trump on his social media platform Truth Social on Friday.

Arizona Legislature, please act as fast as possible! the former president added.

Gallegos opponent for the Senate, Trump-backed Republican Kari Lake, has been calling Republican legislators and pushing them to repeal the ban.

Republican state Rep. Matt Gress, one of the few Republican legislators to oppose the 1864 ban publicly, told NBC News Kristen Welker he believes it can be repealed in the coming days.

I feel very confident that when we convene next Wednesday, we will vote on the measure and it will prevail in the House. And it will be sent to the Senate, and the Senate will take up the measure, and it will prevail in the Senate, and most likely that bill will be on Gov. Hobbs desk by the end of the day, Gress said on Meet the Press NOW on Thursday.

But Gress timeline may conflict with the one set forth by Republican Speaker Ben Toma, who said in a statement Wednesday, We as an elected body are going to take the time needed to listen to our constituents and carefully consider appropriate actions, rather than rush legislation on a topic of this magnitude.

Gress introduced a motion to repeal the law Wednesday before appearing to vote for shutting down debate on that repeal just moments later, a vote he later admitted to The Arizona Republic.

On Wednesday, Arizona Republican state legislators blocked the push to repeal the 160-year-old abortion ban. The Arizona House is scheduled to convene again Wednesday.