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Friend, Last night, a draft opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court was leaked, indicating that the conservative majority plans to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark case that protects the right to choose and access abortion in the United States. If true, this would be a devastating blow to the rights of millions of women across America, taking our country backward by decades and allowing Republican-controlled states to implement extreme, draconian abortion bans — even in cases of rape or threat to the mother’s life. This is exactly what NM-02’s current far-right representative, Yvette Herrell, wants. She’s long called for SCOTUS to overturn Roe and take away bodily autonomy from the people of New Mexico. See her tweets for yourself:
Radical politicians like Herrell and these Supreme Court justices should never be allowed to come between the private decisions of a woman and her doctor. When I’m elected to Congress I’ll do everything I can to protect the right to choose by writing reproductive rights into federal law — something Herrell voted against this spring. Here in New Mexico, Democrats recently took action to repeal our state’s dormant 1969 statute that outlawed abortion with few exceptions, in an effort to ensure abortion would continue to be safe and legal in our state even if Roe were repealed. We stood out as one of the only states in 2021 to pass legislation supporting abortion rights, while more than 100 anti-choice laws were introduced across the country. Now, if SCOTUS repeals Roe, extreme abortion bans in Republican-controlled states like Texas will go into effect, making it all the more important we protect safe, legal abortion access here in New Mexico.
We are in this together, and we will not allow radical Republicans to trample on our rights and move our country and state backward. — Gabe
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