DEMOCRATS IN THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE WANT TO END A STATE ABORTION BAN THAT WAS PASSED BEFORE ROE V. WADE. STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOANNE FERRARY OF LAS CRUCES PLANS TO INTRODUCE A BILL REMOVING THE STATE’S ABORTION BAN IN CASE THE LANDMARK 1973 SUPREME COURT DECISION LEGALIZING ABORTION IS OVERTURNED.
FERRARY TELLS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THERE’S A SENSE OF URGENCY WITH THE ADDITION OF JUSTICES APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE STATE LAW BANNING MOST ABORTIONS WAS PASSED IN THE 1960S.
