HB7 provides that state or local entities “shall not deny, restrict, or interfere” with a person’s ability to access “reproductive health care,” such as “abortion,” or “gender-affirming health care.”
The House passed HB7 on February 21, 2023, by a vote of 38 to 31. We have assigned pluses to the nays because the care of human life—not its destruction—is the greatest responsibility of government. New Mexico ought to forbid all methods of abortion and prohibit the practice of sex mutilation. No person has the right to kill or harm a child using the pretext of “reproductive health” or “gender identity.” Both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution affirm the fundamental, God-given, and unalienable right to life and limb of every person. Therefore, each of the several States has a duty to defend the basic humanity of all its citizens, especially the preborn and minors.