NM: State Supreme Court suspends ordinances restricting abortion access

[RandySF]

The New Mexico Supreme Court has ordered a suspension of ordinances in Eastern New Mexico that restrict access to abortion, in response to a request by Attorney General Raúl Torrez.

The court has agreed to hear the argument made by Torrez in an extraordinary writ filed in January that several counties and cities acted unlawfully when they passed ordinances citing a 19th century federal law related to the mailing of abortion-related items.

Officials and campaigners said the goal of the ordinances was to prevent abortion clinics opening, although the procedure remains legal in New Mexico.

Since then, the legislature has passed a law prohibiting public bodies from restricting access to reproductive care.




https://sourcenm.com/2023/04/04/state-supreme-court-suspends-ordinances-restricting-abortion-access/

[Sky Jewels]

1. New Mexico is in general a wonderful state, but the far eastern part sucks like a black hole.

I used to have to visit relatives in Hobbs -- awful, awful town. It's west Texas more than it is east New Mexico.