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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup is a long-running series published every morning that collects essential political discussion and analysis around the internet.
We begin today with EJ Montini of The Arizona Republic and his reminder that while Arizona 1864’s abortion law may have been repealed, the lack of an emergency clause means that the law will still be on the books and in effect for a period of time this year.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is going to try to keep that from happening.
In a statement after the state Senate voted to repeal the law, she said in part, “Without an emergency clause that would allow the repeal to take effect immediately, the people of Arizona may still be subjected to the near-total abortion ban for a period of time this year.
“Rest assured, my office is exploring every option available to prevent this outrageous 160-year-old law from ever taking effect.”
Unless and until she succeeds, the repeal is a farce.
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As it is, the repeal makes it look to the world outside of Arizona that we’ve shelved the brutal old law, but we haven’t.
Not yet.
And it gives time for Republicans who control the Legislature to pass resolutions that will get on the November ballot and — they hope — confuse people who would otherwise vote for the citizens’ initiative called the Arizona Abortion Access Act.
