Articles written by Cormac Dodd The Santa Fe New Mexican

Cormac Dodd The Santa Fe New Mexican, Syndicated content|Updated Jan 9, 2025

The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Thursday local governments cannot restrict abortion access, issuing an opinion invalidating anti-abortion ordinances passed by some conservative cities and counties in a state that has sought to protect abortion access. Lea and Roosevelt counties and the cities of Hobbs and Clovis in eastern portions of New Mexico adopted local ordinances aiming to restrict abortion following the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022. "Our Legislature granted to counties and...