PHOENIX — You may not notice the effects immediately.But come this Saturday a host of new laws take effect that cover everything from conception to death.
And they also eventually could play a role in where you live, what food you buy, and even whether you get tickets the next time Taylor Swift is in Arizona.
One of the biggest of the changes will be virtually invisible.
It’s the narrowly approved measure that repeals a territorial-era law that until now made it a crime to terminate a pregnancy except to save the life of the mother. That law has remained on the books, even through the years when the U.S. Supreme Court declared that women have a constitutional right to abortion.
But the reason you may not notice is that state has been operating as if the law already was gone despite the fact that the Arizona Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that the old law was still valid. And that ruling should have taken effect months ago.
Only thing is, Attorney General Kris Mayes convinced the justices to delay the effect of the ruling. The cover story was that they wanted time to study whether to seek U.S. Supreme Court review.
But what that also did is delay the ruling reinstating the old law until Sept. 23. And now, with the legislatively approved repeal becoming law Saturday, there’s nothing left in statute to take effect.
And that leaves a 15-week limi …
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