A small southeastern New Mexico city passed an ordinance restricting abortion access. Now it’s suing the AG, gov. – By Elise Kaplan and Dan Boyd (Albuquerque Journal) / Apr 17 2023
The legal battle over New Mexico’s abortion landscape took a new twist Monday, as a small southeastern New Mexico city filed a lawsuit challenging top state Democrats’ efforts to block local anti-abortion ordinances from being enforced.
Specifically, the lawsuit filed by the city of Eunice against Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Attorney General Raúl Torrez claims a federal law enacted in the 1870s trumps a new state law — set to take effect in June — that aims to prohibit jurisdictions from restricting access to reproductive health care, including abortion.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in state district court in Lea County, but local officials and anti-abortion advocates held a news conference in Washington, D.C. to announce its filing.
