Mon Mar 13, 2023 – 10:32 pm EDT
SANTA FE, New Mexico (LifeSiteNews) — The New Mexico state Senate last week passed a pro-abortion bill prohibiting public entities from interfering in New Mexicans’ ability to get abortions or transgender treatments. All amendments proposed by Republicans to protect conscience rights of physicians, require minors to obtain parental consent, or eliminate concerning language in the legislation that some worried could decriminalize infanticide, were shot down.
The state Senate passed the bill, H.7., known as the “Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Freedom Act,” in a 23-15 vote Tuesday. The vote came after the measure previously cleared the House in a 38-31 vote February 21 following reportedly strenuous debate.
If it becomes law, the measure would bar cities and counties from directly or indirectly interfering in someone’s efforts to obtain so-called “reproductive health care” or “gender-affirming care.”
So-called “reproductive health care” includes abortion, which is legal on demand throughout pregnancy in New Mexico. The “gender-affirming care” protected under the bill refers to using surgical and pharmaceutical means to make a person appear more like the opposite sex.
Elisa Martinez, executive director of New Mexico Alliance for Life, said that the
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