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BumRushDaShow

(146,600 posts)
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 02:23 PM Jan 9

Abortion restrictions struck down by New Mexico Supreme Court

Source: ABC News/AP

January 9, 2025, 1:11 PM


SANTA FE, N.M. -- The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday struck down abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the state attorney general.

The unanimous opinion reinforces the state’s position as having some of the most liberal abortion laws in the country.

The ruling preserves access to abortion procedures across a state that has become a major destination for people from other states with bans who seek procedures elsewhere.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/abortion-restrictions-struck-new-mexico-supreme-court-117516345



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Abortion restrictions struck down by New Mexico Supreme Court (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jan 9 OP
Lots of Texan women have abortions in NM Demovictory9 Jan 9 #1
What if they enforce the restrictions anyway? OldBaldy1701E Jan 9 #2
What do you think they will do drmeow Jan 9 #3
Who can say what they might do? OldBaldy1701E Jan 9 #4
Yeah, drmeow Jan 10 #5

OldBaldy1701E

(7,041 posts)
2. What if they enforce the restrictions anyway?
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 05:21 PM
Jan 9

Will the state send law enforcement down to stop them? What if the control freaks decide that they want to be martyrs? Then what?

In other words, what is the state prepared to do when these rethugs decide Gawd wants them to save the fetuses? Because these lunies are emboldened now. They think they will have an ally in that orange gibbon. They may well, for all we know. He might love the chance to make NM an example of his authority!

drmeow

(5,422 posts)
3. What do you think they will do
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 07:48 PM
Jan 9

to enforce the restrictions anyway? The ordinances "stop abortion clinics from receiving or sending mifepristone, a pill taken with another drug called misoprostol to perform medication abortion, and other abortion-related materials in the mail." How are the counties going to enforce that? Seize all their mail (a federal crime)?

Another of the ordinances was the "citizen lawsuit" bullshit thing. Are the law clerks in those counties going to accept legal filings of those types of lawsuits? That's not going to succeed.

The laws aren't going to stop the fanatics, no matter what. They've been violating the law (to the point of committing murder) for 50 years. Nothing about this case is going to change that.

If the orange shit gibbon reimposes the Comstock act federally, that's a different story and that affects all states. But this is a win.

OldBaldy1701E

(7,041 posts)
4. Who can say what they might do?
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 10:26 PM
Jan 9

Yes, it is a win. I am just concerned about those rethugs going to town regardless of the ruling.

drmeow

(5,422 posts)
5. Yeah,
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 07:56 AM
Jan 10

unfortunately that's a given, with out without the ruling or any restrictive laws. Anti-woman thugs gonna thug. As with the 1/6 assholes, hopefully some of them will pay a price for it (not holding my breath).

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