NM bishops will push to end late-term abortions

abqjournal.com ^ | January 23, 2015 | Olivier Uyttebrouck

[Morgana]

New Mexico’s three Roman Catholic bishops hope Republican control in the state House of Representatives will help them achieve a ban on late-term abortions that Albuquerque voters rejected in a 2013 city election.

Allen Sánchez, executive director of the New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the new Republican majority in the House provides the first “window of opportunity” in years to end late-term abortions in the state.

“For years (Republicans) have made the claim that if they could take the House, they could get pro-life legislation on the governor’s desk,” Sánchez said. “We see pro-lifers, both Republicans and Democrats, wanting to collect on the promise.”

The bishops’ legislative priorities this year also call for legislation that would require parental notification for a minor child seeking an abortion. Jerome Anaya, center, joins hundreds of anti-abortion protesters in a rally Wednesday at the state Capitol led by Archbishop Michael Sheehan. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)

A ban on late-term abortions would effectively target the Southwestern Women’s Options clinic in Albuquerque, which is one of four clinics in the nation and the only one in New Mexico that performs third-trimester abortions, or those after 27 weeks of pregnancy.

Ann Piper, president of NARAL — Pro-Choice New Mexico, said a ban on late-term abortion would require support in both the House and the Senate, which historically has rejected anti-abortion legislation.

Piper also said late-term abortions are rare and typically result from difficult medical decisions. Late-term abortion “is a very rare and painful decision that should be left to the families and doctors.”

In November 2013, 55 percent of participating city voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have made Albuquerque the first city in the nation to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. interview.

[lavaroise]

Frankly, why don’t they say it and make suicide a choice too while at it? Because this is what abortion is and more.

This reminds me of anti hunting nuts who want to eradicate the human race because someone killed an animal within game and wildlife maintenance limitations - never eradicating being in mind.

The point is liberals find all kinds of reasons to make genocide OK, as a politically correct way of murdering. Thus this is what Marxists mean when they say one death is a tragedy, millions a statistic.

They simply declare eradication justified and mock the reasons and constraints involved in crime and punishment all together based on a death of a scum pseudo martyr.

[SgtHooper]

Why didn’t they do that 30 million babies ago?

[CedarDave]

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[moonhawk]

they did. they-re just reminding the new Republican majority in the house of their earlier promises.

[SgtHooper]

Ok, good! Thanks.