A similar repeal of Arizona's 1864 abortion ban passed the GOP-controlled House last week, and Gov. Katie Hobbs has said she'd sign the measure.

FTA, Courtesy of u/LethalSmack:

Two Republicans, TJ Shopes and Shawnna LM Bolick, joined all 14 Democrats to pass the measure, sending it to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk

  • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    5 months ago

    A quote from the Democratic AG:

    Arizona state Attorney General Kris Mayes called the vote “a win for freedom in our state,” but expressed concern that without an emergency clause, Arizonans would still be subject to the near total-abortion ban for some time.

    Um, you’re the AG. Just instruct your prosecutors not to prosecute. No one’s going to lose their election because they didn’t prosecute a law from the 1800s that has already been repealed.

    • silence7@slrpnk.net
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      5 months ago

      The DAs who make those decisions in Arizona are elected at the county level, so the state AG can’t just order them to not prosecute.