Republican lawmakers in Kentucky moved this week to give the state’s attorney general the authority to regulate abortion clinics. They may have acted too late, however, as the bill still has time to be vetoed by Democratic Governor Andy Beshear. The legislature passed the bill late on Wednesday, the last day of the 2020 legislative session. But if Governor Beshear decides to veto the bill and keep control within his own administration, anti-abortion lawmakers won’t have the opportunity to override him.

That didn’t stop Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron from embracing the bill on Thursday.

“As the chief law enforcement officer for the commonwealth, our office must be able to act unencumbered and with clear legal authority when an abortion provider breaks the law,” he said.

With things left up to the Governor, he gave no clear cut decision on the matter.

“I haven’t read it,” Beshear told reporters Thursday. “I don’t have any decision on it yet. I’ve been working solely on the Coronavirus. I will look at it at some point within the period of time that I have for vetoes.”

Cameron said that the continuation of abortions while elective medical procedures have been halted amid the Coronavirus pandemic shows that the new enforcement powers are “necessary and timely”. He said that abortion in the state should cease as part of Beshear’s executive order to halt all elective procedures.