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BREAKING: Nation’s Most Radical Infanticide, Transgender, and Abortion Mandate Bill Passes NM Senate.
HB 7 Amended in Senate Judiciary, Final Concurrence Vote in House Expected Later This Week.
Santa Fe, NM — Today, in a vote of 23 – 15, the New Mexico Senate passed radical HB 7 which mandates public institutions and employees facilitate and participate in sex-reassignment procedures, abortions and other forms of “reproductive” and “gender-affirming” procedures. Additionally, the bill includes language that mirrors radical post-birth infanticide language from California and Maryland bills. Every Republican Senator voted against the inhumane proposal.
“Today was a tragic day for our state as a majority of New Mexico Senate Dems voted in favor of radical HB 7’s unscientific infanticide, abortion and transgender mandate,” said Elisa Martinez New Mexico Alliance for Life Executive Director. It’s really shameful that the bill sponsors misled the public throughout this process, until today, Senator Duhigg admits HB 7 is indeed a mandate and aims to “change behavior” regardless of conscience objections, long term health impact and parent’s rights.”
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO VOTED NO ON HB 7, AND ALL WHO SIGNED AND SHARED OUR PETITION. STAY TUNED ON WHAT YOU CAN DO TO FIGHT BACK NEXT!
Numerous amendments were offered by Republican Senators to address the serious concerns contained in the bill. Senator William Sharer, (R-San Juan) offered the first amendment on the floor to remove the term, “perinatal,” from the definition of Reproductive Health Care in Section 2C, “They used the same term, ‘perinatal’ in the California infanticide bill – that word is there on purpose,” said Senator Sharer. “It boggles my mind why we would even consider this, I’m here today because of my need to protect little innocent humans who need love. They don’t need a needle with some kind of poison, they need love.”
The legalized infanticide portion of HB 7 in section 3C mirrors language of the radical California and Maryland bills that shocked the nation. In an effort to deceive the public, the abortion lobby behind this bill tried to sneak in the operative term, “perinatal” into another section, 2C of the radical bill. Perinatal as defined in legal terms, encompasses 28 days after birth. In fact, Minority Leader, Senator Greg Baca noted in a Senate Judiciary hearing the bill as written, opens the door for legalized infanticide by removing “criminal liability or penalty,” based on actions or inaction with respect to their pregnancy that are “actual, potential, or alleged pregnancy outcome.”
Senator and Dr. Gregg Schmedes (R – Bernalillo), the only practicing medical professional in the New Mexico legislature offered vigorous debate on the preponderance of evidence across Europe that contradicts claims made by the bill’s sponsors, including a 15K person study from now defunct Tavistock Institute, the world’s leading gender affirming clinic, “The largest transgender clinic in the world is now closed because the affirming model was found to disproportionately harm teenage girls, gay children and people with autism.”
Other amendments from Senator Diamond (R-Sierra) addressed a parental involvement requirement, Senator Gallegos (R-Lea) to allow abortion-minded women to view an ultrasound, Dr. Schmedes to restore conscience protections and Senator Pirtle to remove certain court fees were all voted down by a majority of Democrat Senators.
The radical bill amended in the Senate Judiciary committee now heads back to the NM House for a concurrence vote expected later this week. It is expected to be signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan-Grisham.
Help NMAFL fight back! We are working to fight these radical anti-life, anti-parent’s rights bills even IF they pass — stay tuned for more updates. Donate to our life-saving work here.
HB 7 will pave the way for a host of permanent and semi-permanent transgender procedures to be offered without parental consent at public school clinics across the state.
TAKE ACTION TO STOP RADICAL ANTI-LIFE BILLS:
SB 397 – School Based Clinics Operation and Creation. This legislation seeks to increase funding for school based health clinics and expands access to abortion and gender affirming procedures on school grounds. This legislation also allows sexual activity related youth services to occur without parental consent. SB 397 opens access to radical medical procedures on students in schools without permission from consenting adults — including transgender procedures. Read NMAFL’s exclusive analysis on School Based Health Clinics. Please plan to testify against SB 397 on MONDAY.
SB 13 – The Reproductive and Gender Affirming Health Care Protection Act Hearing in Senate Judciary most likely tomorrow at 1:30 PM. SB 13 eliminates interstate regulation allowing out of state minors to travel to New Mexico to receive traumatic, irreversible abortions and radical gender affirming care. This legislation also denies parental access to medical records and puts the very health of our youth at risk. SB 13 passed Senate Judiciary committee on a 5 – 3 vote. MORE ANALYSIS HERE.
Contact the Senate Floor to VOTE NO on SB 13.
Support the life-saving work of New Mexico Alliance for Life here. Donate $400, $250, $50 or more today!
PRAYER REQUEST
Pro-life Senator Bill Sharer asks for 200k prayers for New Mexico during the legislative session. Will you be one of the Prayer Warriors for our state? Don’t forget to share this important email with friends, family and church groups.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT – TAKE ACTION AGAINST HB 7 HERE:
- SHARE THIS EMAIL WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY, CHURCHES, SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ALL CONCERNED NEW MEXICANS.
- PRAY AND FAST FOR NEW MEXICO.
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