Here is a statement from Protect ABQ Women and Children on this Court action:
PRESS RELEASE
Monday October 28, 2013
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Andria Gilligan
(505) 712-9471
Protect ABQ Women & Children
Protect ABQ Women & Children Hopes that Albuquerque Will Soon Join Texas to Protect our Women & Children
No Challenges to Constitutionality, Therefore, the 20-week Ban Goes Into Effect at Midnight Tonight
ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Tomorrow, October 29, 2013, Texas joins 41 other states who have banned late-term abortion. The Texas law, which was passed in July, bans late-term abortion at 20 weeks and beyond. In addition to the late-term ban, the Ambulatory Surgical Center requirements will go into effect September 2014.
“It is exciting that Texas has passed this common-sense legislation to protect women and children in their state and we look forward to the day that Albuquerque will have the same common-sense protections,” said Elisa Martinez, executive director of Protect ABQ Women & Children. “The fact that this ban, which prohibits abortions 20 weeks and above, passed without challenge implies its constitutionality and gives us even more confidence that Albuquerque voters will rise up to pass the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance.”
In July, members of Protect ABQ Women & Children, along with other pro-life groups, turned in nearly 27,000 signatures, more than double the necessary needed to put the measure on a city-wide ballot, in half the allotted time. Protect ABQ Women & Children is a local advocacy campaign that is working to raise awareness of the dangers of the late-term abortion industry in Albuquerque and to garner support for the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance,” which bans abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. For more information on our efforts, please visit: www.ProtectABQWomen&Children.com.
