The Arizona State Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions in the state, with the 4-2 majority opinion crediting the Dobbs decision, the Arizona Mirror reports.
It’s not 100 percent clear what happens next in terms of enforcement, since Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes are Democrats and will probably do whatever they can to block the law from being enforced. In terms of politics we would venture that this is probably pretty fucking bad for fat former President Trump and Kari Lake especially if, as expected, a ballot measure for a constitutional amendment makes it on the ballot this fall. The groups canvassing for it already have about 500,000 signatures over the 383,923 required, and that was before this ruling.
Spare a thought for the women who are going to suffer because of this before you celebrate the electoral impact. This is still a bad thing in the middle term and any relief will come too late (if it ever even does come) for women stuck now with medically dangerous and/or nonviable pregnancies.