SANTA FE — New Mexico’s status as a regional haven for reproductive health care could be cemented for the forseeable future, after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law Wednesday a bill shielding nurses and doctors from legal repercussions for providing abortions or gender-affirming care. Flanked by providers, female legislators and advocates, Lujan Grisham declared […]
The bill to legalize abortions in medical emergencies and other limited circumstances faced its first procedural hurdle in a House subcommittee.
It won’t be the last.
The suit claims that the Food and Drug Administration lacked the authority to approve mifepristone, did not adequately study it and that the drug is unsafe.
Ohio has funneled nearly $14 million in taxpayer funds to the center and others like it over the last decade, according to government records -- even as state leaders have cut funding that previously went to Planned Parenthood.