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The New Mexico Supreme Court is weighing whether to strike down local abortion bans and restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the state attorney general. The

A fight over abortion access came to a head in front of the New Mexico Supreme Court Wednesday.  

After hearing oral arguments in the case, State of New Mexico v. Board of County Commissioners for Lea County et al, on Wednesday morning, the five New Mexico Supreme Court justices took the case under advisement and will make a ruling at a future date.

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State is latest in which the Comstock Act is being used to try to ban abortion after the fall of Roe v Wade

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The New Mexico Supreme Court will decide whether conservative cities and counties can keep their local abortion restrictions in a state that otherwise allows the procedure up to the moment of birth.

There is not a set timeline for New Mexico Supreme Court to make a decision on whether or not they will declare the abortion-related ordinances permanently void.

If a decision against the plaintiffs on standing happens, it may be only a stay of execution for mifepristone.

New Mexico’s highest court is considering whether a 19th-century federal law allows local governments to ban abortion despite some of the most permissive state laws in the country. The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on a challenge from the state, which asked the justices to invalidate local laws passed by four conservative counties…