New Mexico shields abortion clinics forward of anticipated affected person surge

On Monday, New Mexico’s governor signed an order that was was geared toward defending abortion suppliers because the state ready for an inflow of sufferers and clinics from states set to ban the process.

The transfer follows related actions by the governors of Massachusetts and Minnesota, the place abortion additionally stays authorized, after the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had made the follow a constitutional proper.

New Mexico expects an increase in sufferers from neighboring states similar to Texas and Oklahoma, that are implementing near-complete bans on the process following the courtroom’s resolution upholding a Mississippi legislation that bans abortion after fifteen weeks of being pregnant.

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, stated that her government order protects suppliers from makes an attempt by states to take away licenses or search extraditions for giving abortions to out-of-state residents. “We will not cooperate with any criminalization attempt,” Lujan Grisham advised reporters.

Providers from throughout the nation are anticipated to maneuver to New Mexico as conservative states outlaw their clinics and ladies flock to cities like Albuquerque, the place they’ll nonetheless function.

Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Mississippi’s final abortion clinic, on Friday stated that it was transferring to Las Cruces in southern New Mexico. The clinic, referred to as the Pink House, was on the heart of the Supreme Court case. Mississippi is among the many 13 states with “trigger laws” designed to ban or severely limit abortions as soon as the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Lujan Grisham in 2021 signed a invoice to overturn New Mexico’s 1969 set off legislation banning most abortion procedures. Under the chief order, New Mexico would solely help one other state’s authorized investigation of a reproductive well being care supplier if the probe focused conduct that was unlawful beneath New Mexico legislation.