Please reach out to members of the House Judiciary Committee with your concerns about both anti-life bills:
House Bill 51 and
House Bill 90. Click on their names, and you will find their contact information:
Please make sure to include 1-3 points below in your calls, emails and testimony to these legislators. We also encourage you to include any personal experiences in relation to the concerns about HB 51:
HB-51 Does Not Protect Women
- The majority of New Mexicans oppose allowing abortions after 5 months up to birth (70%).
- HB 51 puts all risk of abortion on women’s shoulders by stripping legal protections, including a consent requirement.
- HB 51 strips away the requirement that only licensed physicians can perform abortions.
- HB 51 keeps dangerous late-term abortions, up to birth, legal for any reason. The risk of death or serious injury to women increases to 76.6% in abortions after 5 months.
- 42 states (and D.C.) protect women and unborn children from non-medically necessary, dangerous late-term abortions.
- Abortion procedures should NOT be an exception to quality standards of care.
HB-51 Does Not Protect Children
- The majority of New Mexicans support parental involvement in a minor’s abortion, (67%).
- HB 51 guarantees that parents will NOT be involved in their minor daughter’s abortion.
- HB 51 allows sex traffickers and child abusers to take a pregnant minor for an abortion, without any parental knowledge or involvement.
- 37 states protect children by requiring parental involvement for minors seeking abortions.
- New Mexico must prioritize children’s safety. We need for more, not less, parental involvement.
- Surgical abortion is an invasive medical procedure. No child should be left alone to decide.
HB-51 Does Not Protect Doctors
- The majority of New Mexicans do not believe medical professionals and hospitals should be forced to participate in abortions.
- HB 51 strips away the only explicit conscience protection for doctors and other medical professionals that protect them from being forced to participate in abortions.
- HB 51 puts doctors at risk to lose their medical license and face criminal prosecution or other sanctions.
- 46 states have abortion-related conscience protections since federal protections are limited.
- Medical professionals should not have to worry that the state of New Mexico and private companies could have the power to force them to choose between their faith and their profession.
- New Mexicans must work together to preserve conscience protections for our valued medical professionals.
It is crucial when writing your letter to tie in any of the above points with a personal story to show each representative that there are real people who will be injured by HB-51 if passes in its current form.
Thank you again, for your unwavering commitment to protecting precious lives in New Mexico. Together, we can and will defeat radical legislation that compromises our families and medical professionals.
NMAFL will diligently let you know when the next committee hearing on HB-51 is set so that you can be there in person to give them your testimony!
For LIFE,
Elisa Martinez
Executive Director
