Abortion in New Mexico

[2][3][4] In the cities of Hobbs, Clovis and Eunice, local ordinances were passed in 2022 and 2023 to prevent abortion clinics from operating.

[7] In 1969, the New Mexico legislature passed a law that made it a felony for anyone to provide a woman with an abortion unless it was needed to save her life, or because her pregnancy was a result of rape or incest.

[8] (However, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, No.

While the New Mexico House of Representatives passed the repeal bill, it was defeated in the State Senate by a vote of 24–18.

[2] In 2017, New Mexico, Washington, Illinois, Alaska, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey allowed qualified non-physicians to prescribe drugs for medical abortions only.

[23] The 2023 American Values Atlas reported that, in their most recent survey, 67% of New Mexicans said that abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

[13] Women from the state participated in marches supporting abortion rights as part of a #StopTheBans movement in May 2019.

[32] Following the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, hundreds of abortion rights protesters rallied in Albuquerque.

[33] On December 6, 2007, Chad Altman and Sergio Baca were arrested for the arson of Dr. Curtis Boyd's clinic in Albuquerque.