{"id":1963275,"date":"2023-07-03T13:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-ag-says-she-will-not-enforce-states-abortion-laws\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T13:25:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:25:48","slug":"arizona-ag-says-she-will-not-enforce-states-abortion-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-ag-says-she-will-not-enforce-states-abortion-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona&#8217;s Attorney General refuses to enforce the state&#8217;s abortion laws."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farizona-ag-says-she-will-not-enforce-states-abortion-laws%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1963275&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Arizona Attorney General Refuses to Enforce State&#8217;s Abortion Laws<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has made a bold statement, declaring that she will not prosecute doctors for violating the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-signs-memorandum-backpedaling-on-president-trumps-abortion-policies\/\" title=\"Joe Biden signs memorandum backpedaling on President Trump\u2019s abortion policies\">abortion laws<\/a>. This includes the controversial 15-week abortion ban.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a recent interview with Capitol Media Services, Mayes, a Democrat, emphasized her stance on not prosecuting doctors for performing abortions. She firmly believes that abortion is not an area for government intervention and that prosecutorial resources should be focused elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mayes&#8217; announcement comes after Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs issued an executive order on June 23, granting Mayes the power to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-the-arbiters-soros-prosecutor-says-he-wont-enforce-abortion-laws-if-roe-is-overturned\/\" title=\"\u2018We Are the Arbiters\u2019: Soros Prosecutor Says He Won\u2019t Enforce Abortion Laws If Roe Is Overturned\">enforce abortion laws<\/a>, stripping county prosecutors of that authority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The move has sparked controversy, with Maricopa County&#8217;s lead prosecutor, Rachel Mitchell, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-county-attorneys-say-vanessa-bryant-turned-a-straightforward-case-regarding-kobe-bryant-crash-photos-into-a-fishing-expedition\/\" title=\"L.A. County Attorneys Say Vanessa Bryant Turned A \u2018Straightforward\u201d Case Regarding Kobe Bryant Crash Photos Into A \u2018Fishing Expedition\u2019\">county attorneys<\/a> considering possible litigation against the centralization of prosecuting power.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Over Abuse of Power<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mitchell warned of a dangerous precedent being set by Hobbs and Mayes. She questioned what might happen if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-ag-says-she-will-not-enforce-states-abortion-laws\/\" title=\"Arizona's Attorney General refuses to enforce the state's abortion laws.\">future governors attempt similar power grabs<\/a>, removing certain offenses from local prosecutors&#8217; jurisdiction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mayes, however, dismissed these concerns, stating that the move should only be seen in the context of abortion laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Republican Opposition<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Republicans, who hold a majority in the state legislature, have strongly condemned Hobbs and Mayes&#8217; actions. They have canceled plans to consider Hobbs&#8217; nominees and accused her of disregarding the separation of powers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has stated that she will not enforce the state&#8217;s abortion laws, including the 15-week abortion ban. Mayes, a Democrat, emphasized in an interview that doctors will not face prosecution for violating these laws. Her stance on this matter has been unequivocal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2107,"featured_media":1963276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1963275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1963276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}