New Mexico to build $10 million clinic to meet expected abortion demand

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) -New Mexico's governor on Wednesday earmarked $10 million in public funds for a reproductive healthcare clinic to meet an expected rise in demand for abortions from women traveling from neighboring states that have banned the procedure.

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order for the clinic to be built in southern New Mexico's Doña Ana County bordering Texas, where abortion has been outlawed since the U.S. Supreme Court in June ended the nationwide constitutional right to the procedure.

Lujan Grisham, a Democrat running for reelection against Republican Mark Ronchetti, expected the clinic to be located in the area of Las Cruces, New Mexico's second-largest city. It ultimately could be operated by public or private service providers, including those relocating from states where abortion has been banned.

Eleven states have begun enforcing near-total abortion bans since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision providing a constitutional right to the procedure.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexico-build-10-million-clinic-203605085.html

[CTyankee]

1. I am proud of New Mexico's governor. This will be her legacy to the people of her state and other

states who can thank her for standing up to the challenge of providing much needed care to women in need of medical assistance.

These are women who will be looked upon as heroes for their efforts to provide safe abortion care for women who need it. They stepped up.

[onetexan]

7. She's amazing & i saw her several years ago visiting NM Taos

During the fiesta month. I hope she has plams for congress after gov stint. I know the abortion clinic w serve many texas women given the dire strais we r in.

[Warpy]

2. It's a lovely place for a weekend away from Christian busybodies in other states

and I guarantee your sinuses will be clear and dry while you're here.

Lujan-Grisham seems to be enjoying yanking Ronchetti's chain.

[RussBLib]

3. Compassionate leadership

As a Texan, I am jealous. I remember having Ann Richards as Governor and a Dem majority state lege, but Texas Democrats at that time were almost as conservative as the Republicans. Things have changed in Texas, but not enough. Yet.

[Grins]

4. Capitalism at its best!

Heh…!

[MissMillie]

8. that was my thought too (n/t)

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[duhneece]

5. I am so proud of this dynamo.

She’s got heart, brains, a desire to serve… she inspires.

[peppertree]

6. Here's hoping Wrongchetti doesn't get his grubby paws anywhere near this

This clinic is a humanitarian monument to millions of Texas women who would otherwise be condemned to an African existence, as far as reproductive right and, potentially, their health as a whole.