MONDAY: The nation’s most radical abortion up-to-birth bill,
SB 10 passed the House Judiciary committee on a party-line vote. Pro-life supporters provided incredible, heart felt testimony including parents of disabled children, a young man who “could have been aborted” by a misdiagnosis in the womb, regretful post-abortive women, and a labor & delivery nurse who stated, “I recently did an IV on 24-week old twins. This tells you these babies are very much alive.” A House floor vote is imminent, read more what you can do below.
8 Democrats voted for SB 10: Rep. Gail Chasey (ABQ), Rep. Micaela Cadena (SB 10 sponsor, Las Cruces) Rep. Eliseo Alcon (Grants) Rep. Deb Armstrong (ABQ North Valley), Rep. Brian Egolf (Santa Fe), Rep. Georgene Louis (ABQ), Rep. Matthew McQueen (Santa Fe), Rep. Damon Ely (Corrales).
4 Republicans voted for LIFE: Rep. Greg Nibert, Rep. Bill Rehm, Rep. Jim Townsend, Rep. Zach Cook.
** SB 10 now heads to the full House Floor for a vote–since it has already passed the Senate Floor this provides the radical pro-abortion Democrats in both Houses the quickest pathway to final passage. SB 10 will be heard as early as tomorrow on the House Floor or any day thereafter. **
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
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New Mexico Alliance for Life Fact Checker:
This year, the pro-abortion Democrats have taken a different strategy: limit public comment, public involvement and DENY the facts behind their bill. NM Alliance for Life has compiled a Fact Check below on misinformation regarding SB 10.
FACT CHECK: There are adequate conscience protections in case law, federal law and state law. FALSE. Medical professionals in states without an explicit conscience protection have experienced coercion, sanctions and even prosecution. Once NM’s only explicit conscience protection is removed, the NM Uniform Health Care Decisions Act
NMSA 24-7A-7, “Obligations of health-care provider,” Section G will come into play: Forcing the state’s medical professionals to 1) assist in the transfer of the patient to another health-care provider or institution that is willing to comply and 2) provide continuing care to the patient until a transfer can be effected.
FACT CHECK: “Abortions up to birth don’t happen.” FALSE. Abortions up-to-birth happen every week in New Mexico. Late-term clinic in Albuquerque
advertises “Abortions through 32 weeks [8 months]” and “case by case after 32 weeks. [8 months]” For any reason. These are not medically necessary abortions– they are elective. Up-to-birth is at any point after viability, or 5 months when an infant can be born and survive outside the womb.
FACT CHECK: “SB 10 keeps abortion safe for women.” FALSE. SB 10 does nothing to protect women– it empowers the abortion corporations with less accountability. SB 10 removes parental involvement, removes a consent requirement, removes requirement for physicians only to perform abortions. It also allows abortions to be performed outside the standard of care, which resulted in the
death of Keisha Atkins and at least
21 medical emergencies.
Read
more about the callousness and utter disregard for innocent life, for our medical professionals and women by Senate Democrats who voted for SB 10 last week–including pro-abortion “Catholics” Sen. Jacob Candelaria and Sen. Ortiz y Pino.
More Facts About SB 10
1)The majority of Americans 70% and the majority of New Mexicans support a limit on abortion after the first trimester (3 months)-
– NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll.2) Keeps abortion up-to-birth legal without any protections for the unborn, women or doctors.
3) Remove the state’s only conscience protection, forcing medical professionals to perform/assist in abortions since there are no other explicit state or federal conscience protections preventing this (READ MORE ANALYSIS BELOW).
4) Does not add any protections for women, but further empowers abortion businesses with less accountability.
5) Removes any parental involvement protecting minors from being taken for an abortion by an adult male.
6) Forces NM taxpayers to continue to fund healthy moms to abort a healthy baby up to 9 months of pregnancy through state Medicaid.
