Post by pavel on Feb 10, 2016 7:19:02 GMT -6
SANTA FE – The Senate Public Affairs Committee on Tuesday rejected two bills that would have banned late-term abortions in New Mexico.
The bills were killed on a 5-4 vote along party lines, with Democrats voting to table them and Republicans opposed.
The action almost certainly means no late-term abortion ban would pass the Legislature in the current session, which concludes Feb. 18.
Sponsored by Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington, Senate Bills 242 and 243 would have banned abortions at or after 20 weeks if the fetus were determined to be viable, unless the woman’s life were in danger.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/721477/news/lateterm-abortion-ban-tabled-in-senate.html
The bills were killed on a 5-4 vote along party lines, with Democrats voting to table them and Republicans opposed.
The action almost certainly means no late-term abortion ban would pass the Legislature in the current session, which concludes Feb. 18.
Sponsored by Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington, Senate Bills 242 and 243 would have banned abortions at or after 20 weeks if the fetus were determined to be viable, unless the woman’s life were in danger.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/721477/news/lateterm-abortion-ban-tabled-in-senate.html