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Dear New Mexico Second Amendment Supporter:
The New Mexico Legislature convened for its 2021 Regular Session on Tuesday, January 19. During the 60-day session, the Roundhouse will be closed to the public. Committee meetings will be webcast on
http://www.nmlegis.gov and testimony for and against bills will be taken virtually via Zoom.
Your NRA-ILA will closely monitor legislation affecting the rights of gun owners and sportsmen and will alert you as to when and how you can make your voices heard on these bills.
Prefiling of legislation has been going on since January 4, and there are already a number of measures you need to be aware of. But first one that has not yet been filed.
SB 10 Bill To Repeal Abortion Criminalization In New Mexico Clears First Committee Hearing Monday In Santa Fe - 5:52 am
A man protests Monday outside the Roundhouse against a proposal to repeal a 1969 law that criminalizes abortion in New Mexico. Photo by Luis Sánchez Saturno/SFNM
By DANIEL J. CHACÓN
SFNM
A bill to repeal a half-century-old law that criminalizes abortion in New Mexico cleared its first committee hearing Monday after emotional and sometimes rousing testimony from people on opposite sides of the contentious issue.
On a 5-3 party-line vote, the state Senate’s Health and Public Affairs Committee endorsed the legislation following a three-hour virtual hearing that started about two hours late because of technical problems.
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Senate Bill 10, which would repeal the 1969 abortion ban on state law books, passed the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee 5-3 Monday.
The vote fell along party lines with the three Republican state Senators voting against and the five Democrats on the committee voting in favor.
After a two hour wait due to technical difficulties, the committee hearing ran for nearly 2.5 hours due to the length of the debate on the issue. Members of the public for both sides gave impassioned speeches both for and against.
“(The bill) makes sure that women, in collaboration with their provider and families, can make decisions for themselves. It protects the system we have now in place. It doesn’t drive doctors away. It just maintains the status quo,” said state Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque.