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Court shake-up renews Democrats' effort to legalize abortion in New Mexico
SANTA FE – New Mexico is one of a few states with a law on the books making it a crime for an abortion provider to end a women’s pregnancy, except in narrow circumstances.
It’s been unenforceable, of course, for 45 years because of Roe v. Wade.
But Democratic legislators say they are renewing their efforts to repeal the law – partly because the retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will allow President Donald Trump to nominate his successor.
Trump, a Republican, has vowed to put “pro-life justices on the court,” and he has said he thinks the Roe decision will be overturned.
Read more: https://www.abqjournal.com/1190976/court-shake-up-renews-debate-over-nm-abortion-law.html