New Mexico Radical Abortion Bill Passes Out of Committee, Now Proceeds For a Vote on The House Floor

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Thank you Elisa Martinez for this report! Thank you for standing in the gap for God’s babies! Pray for Elisa, pray for New Mexico! It so so very tragic that so many were not allowed to testify! New Mexico is going against God. My heart is broken at this news from Elisa. Frankly, the Church is losing the battle for life in New Mexico. We are also facing the approval of the assisted suicide bill. Thank you Elisa for remaining so very strong for God.

PRESS RELEASE
February 1, 2019
For Immediate Release
Contact:

Elisa Martinez

elisa@nmallianceforlife.org

BREAKING: Radical Abortion Bill Passes Out of Committee on Party Line Vote
 
Dozens of pro-life New Mexicans not allowed to testify
Santa Fe, NM–Hundreds of New Mexicans showed up for the House Judiciary Committee hearing on  HB-51, a bill that would strip New Mexico’s criminal abortion statute, keeping full-term, elective abortion legal while stripping conscience protections for medical professionals.  Hundreds of pro-life New Mexicans who took time off of work and traveled as far as Hobbs, NM were not allowed to testify in opposition to the bill by the pro-abortion chairwoman, Rep. Gail Chasey (D-Bernalillo).  The controversial bill passed on a party-line vote of 10-4 and will proceed for a vote on the House Floor.
Representative Jim Townsend, (R- Carlsbad) asked the bill sponsor, Joanne Ferrary (D-Las Cruces) if the billow allows a healthy mom with a healthy baby to obtain an abortion at 6 months of pregnancy up to birth.  The expert witness for the bill responded, “it would keep the statute quo.”
“Speaker Egolf and Chairwoman Chasey’s attempts to silence the majority of New Mexicans opposed to House Bill 51 is outrageous,” said Elisa Martinez, Executive Director of New Mexico Alliance for Life. “What is even more outrageous is the fact the sponsors of the bill were incapable of answering a straightforward question as to whether or not the bill allows a healthy mom to abort a healthy baby at 6 months of pregnancy and beyond. It doesn’t take an expert to answer with a simple yes– since this is indeed the case.”
House Bill 51 will move on to the House Floor for a final vote before going to the Senate, despite the majority of New Mexicans opposing the extreme aspects of the bill, including full-term abortion and stripping conscience protections for health care providers from participating in an abortion.
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The New Mexico Alliance for Life is a nonpartisan organization focused on changing state and local laws by empowering women with better and informed choices when facing unplanned or difficult pregnancies and advocating for better protections for women and unborn children from an unsafe abortion industry. For more information visit www.nmallianceforlife.org

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