Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell will hold a news conference to address the issue of abortion, days after a Supreme Court decision overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling.
, officials with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office announced that Rachel Mitchell will hold a news conference on June 28 to address the matter of abortion laws in Arizona.
"As I have previously stated, upon taking office I swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution and laws of the state of Arizona. At this time, there are no submittals from law enforcement before my office related to abortion laws. Should a case be submitted for review, this office will apply our ethical charging standard of a reasonable likelihood of conviction when deciding on whether charges should be filed.
A person who provides, supplies or administers to a pregnant woman, or procures such woman to take any medicine, drugs or substance, or uses or employs any instrument or other means whatever, with intent thereby to procure the miscarriage of such woman, unless it is necessary to save her life, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than two years nor more than five years.
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