Albuquerque Votes On Abortion Ban With National Impact

[Indyfan53]

Source: Huffington Post

Albuquerque residents are voting Tuesday on a ballot measure that would ban abortions in the city 20 weeks after fertilization based on the disputed idea that fetuses feel pain at that point. The ban makes an exception for situations in which the mother would die without the abortion, but has no exceptions for fetal anomalies discovered late in the pregnancy, for situations in which the mother's health is severely affected by the pregnancy, or for victims of rape or incest.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/19/albuquerque-abortion_n_4301860.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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We need to GOTV for this! Don't sit around!

[alp227]

1. More coverage in the ABQ Journal

http://www.abqjournal.com/303789/news/lateterm-abortion-ban-goes-to-final-vote.html

[grandpamike1]

2. Wow

What a place New Mexico is, pass stringent antiabortion legislation, shoot at vans with children in it, and give enemas and colonoscopies, and MRI's, for a minor traffic stop. I guess they are trying to outdo Florida and Texas.