Albuquerque Voters Soundly Reject a 20-Week Abortion Ban
Albuquerque Voters Soundly Reject a 20-Week Abortion Ban
On Tuesday, Albuquerque's special ballot measure to ban abortions after 20-weeks of conception failed, after an intense months-long campaign that saw out more voters than a recent mayoral race. Albuquerque voters defeated the special referendum by a 55-45 percent margin. The New Mexico city nearly became the first city in the U.S. to enact a strict abortion ban at the municipal level, similar …
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Albuquerque voters reject city ban on late-term abortions
The "Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Ordinance" would have banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy in the city. According to multiple accounts, Albuquerque is home to New Mexico's only two clinics offering late-term abortions. One of those, Southwestern Women's Options, may be one of the only abortion clinics in the country that is open about providing abortions in any trimester of …
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Albuquerque voters soundly reject late-term abortion ban
Election was closely watched as possible new front in national abortion debate, since it was first municipal vote on such a measure
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