PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is moving to strip the state’s 15 elected county attorneys of their ability to prosecute doctors and other medical professionals who perform abortions and give it to fellow Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes.
And given the AG’s views on the issue that could effectively lead to total decriminalization of abortion in Arizona as she won’t bring charges.
In a new executive order Friday, the governor noted that the U.S. Supreme Court, in a case called Dobbs, last year overturned Roe v. Wade and its constitutional right of a woman to terminate a pregnancy. That, in turn, led to legal questions — still playing out before the Arizona Supreme Court — about what state laws can now be applied and enforced.
