NM: Bill protecting reproductive health care rights passes Senate after lengthy debate
Despite repeated failed attempts from Republican senators to alter a bill protecting abortion and gender identity health care rights, House Bill 7 is now one stop away from heading to the governor’s desk.
It took an hourslong, back-and-forth, heated debate to pass the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care bill through the full Senate on Tuesday. It got through by a 23-15 vote.
All Senate Republicans present voted no. Sen. Pete Campos (D-Las Vegas) was the only member from the majority party to vote against the bill. Sens. Daniel Ivey-Soto (D-Albuquerque), Linda Lopez (D-Albuquerque), Mark Moores (R-Albuquerque) and George Muñoz (D-Gallup) didn’t vote since they were excused.
That was the bill’s second-to-last stop in the Roundhouse. Because of amendments made in the Senate Judiciary Committee, the full House has to approve it again before it lands on Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s desk, where she is expected to sign the legislation.
Under this bill, public entities cannot discriminate against or interfere with someone’s access to reproductive or gender-affirming health care, either directly or indirectly. That includes abortion and pregnancy prevention care as well as medical services provided to support a person’s gender identity.
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/bill-protecting-reproductive-health-care-rights-passes-senate-after-lengthy-debate
= new reply since forum marked as read
