Abortion-rights bill on way to governor’s desk – By Dan McKay (Albuquerque Journal) / Feb 19 2021
SANTA FE — New Mexico lawmakers ended a bruising, two-year debate Friday with passage of a bill repealing the state’s 1969 anti-abortion law — delivering on a longtime priority of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
The legislation, Senate Bill 10, won approval in the House 40-30 on Friday and now goes to the governor’s desk.
Rep. Micaela Lara Cadena, D-Mesilla, said passage of the bill would guarantee abortion rights, in case the U.S. Supreme Court revisits its 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.
“I know we can each hold our own personal beliefs about abortion and still fundamentally trust New Mexicans to make these private decisions for themselves,” Lara Cadena, a co-sponsor of the bill, said during Friday’s three-hour debate.
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