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Edgewood Passes Anti-Abortion Ordinance

5.5.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, Gene Grant and The Line Opinion Panel discuss the ongoing fight to restrict access to reproductive healthcare in New Mexico. Gene asks why the town of Edgewood moved to pass an anti-abortion ordinance shortly after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a new law that prohibits municipalities from creating laws that restrict access.

Host: Gene Grant

Line Opinion Panelists:
Elise Kaplan, investigative reporter, Albuquerque Journal
H. Diane Snyder, fmr. NM Republican state Senator
Martha Burk, political psychologist and author

For More Information:

After hours of debate Edgewood passes ordinance restricting access to abortion – Albuquerque Journal

Edgewood’s anti-abortion ordinance: Here’s what people said – Albuquerque Journal

City of Eunice sues governor and attorney general over abortion rule – Source NM