New Mexico Democrats seek repeal of state abortion ban

By MORGAN LEE, Associated Press
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democrats in the New Mexico Legislature are laying plans to end a decades-old ban on abortion that came before the landmark Supreme Court case.
State Rep. Joanne Ferrary of Las Cruces said last week that removes the state's criminal ban on abortion in case the U.S. Supreme Court overturns a 1973 decision that made the procedure legal nationwide.
She says her cause has taken on new urgency with the addition of Republican-appointed justices under President Donald Trump.
A 1960s-era New Mexico's law makes it a felony for an abortion provider to terminate a pregnancy, with exceptions for rape, birth defects and serious threats to a woman's health.
The revived proposal has the public support of Democratic Gov.-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham.