Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs signed an executive order last year giving all the power to enforce abortion laws to the state attorney general.
There are lots of questions about how Arizona’s Supreme Court ruling and near-total ban on abortion will be enforced.
Democratic Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes made clear Tuesday she will not prosecute any abortion cases, even though the 1864 law reinstated by the state Supreme Court mandates prison time for anyone providing an abortion. “What I have said and what the governor has said in her executive order is that … the authority for prosecuting abortion sits now in my office, where it belongs,” Mayes said.
"Today's Supreme Court decision is a serious one that needs to be addressed by lawmakers,” Mitchell said in the statement.
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