{"id":38632,"date":"2022-08-31T16:03:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T22:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/new-mexico-governor-pledges-10m-for-new-abortion-clinic\/"},"modified":"2022-08-31T22:03:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T22:03:47","slug":"new-mexico-governor-pledges-10m-for-new-abortion-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/new-mexico-governor-pledges-10m-for-new-abortion-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico governor pledges $10M for new abortion clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"New
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has tested negative for the coronavirus after a custodian at the governor\u2019s mansion was diagnosed with COVID-19. The governor is self-quarantining for a two-week period as an extra precaution in accordance with state guidelines.<\/span>Associated Press file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ALBUQUERQUE \u2013 New Mexico\u2019s governor on Wednesday signed a new executive order that pledges $10 million to build a clinic that would provide abortions and other pregnancy care.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal here is build it and they will come,\u201d Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham said after signing the order<\/a> during a virtual announcement that included members of the state\u2019s Commission on the Status of Women and several legislators.<\/p>\n

The governor noted that New Mexico already has seen an influx of patients<\/a> after the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision in June<\/a> to overturn Roe v. Wade as abortions have ceased in neighboring Texas and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Lujan Grisham, who is running for re-election against Republican Mark Ronchetti, signed her first executive order on the matter<\/a> in late June. It was aimed at ensuring safe harbor to people seeking abortions or providing abortions at health care facilities within the state.<\/p>\n

The latest order reiterates her commitments to protecting access in addition to directing state agencies to leverage their resources to expand access to reproductive health care \u2013 including abortion \u2013 in underserved areas of the state. The order also calls for the state Department of Health to review the feasibility of providing medication abortions at its public health clinics.<\/p>\n

Ronchetti on Wednesday said state money shouldn\u2019t be spent on a clinic where late-term abortions would be available for people who come from out of state. He has proposed limiting abortion to the first 15 weeks, or in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is at risk.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsing taxpayer dollars to enable and fund abortion up until the point of birth is not only out of line with New Mexican values, it is extreme,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Democratic-led Legislature will hash out the next state budget, including capital investments, when it meets in January.<\/p>\n

As for the one-time proposed infusion of $10 million for a new clinic in the Las Cruces area, Lujan Grisham said she envisions a partnership with medical schools and private providers, such as the Mississippi clinic at the center of the Roe court battle that relocated to southern New Mexico in early August.<\/p>\n

One of the largest abortion providers in Texas, Austin-based Whole Woman\u2019s Health, also still has plans to move some of its operations to New Mexico and states in the southeastern U.S.<\/p>\n

The Commission on the Status of Women in a resolution read Wednesday made clear its focus on protecting access to abortions, protecting health care providers and expanding access to what the panel called a full spectrum of pregnancy care \u2013 which includes abortions as well as post-birth care.<\/p>\n

Commission Chairwoman Lisa Curtis said there needs to be a special emphasis on underserved areas across the rural state and investment in programs that will develop a pipeline of trained health care providers.<\/p>\n

New Mexico lawmakers last year repealed a dormant 1969 statute that outlawed most abortion procedures as felonies, thus ensuring access to abortion after the Supreme Court\u2019s action. Some Democratic lawmakers said Wednesday that they will push for measures during the next legislative session to further enshrine access and protections in state law.<\/p>\n

The governor said the work being done by her allies in the Legislature and advocacy groups is saving women\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe notion that women cannot have control over their bodies, dignity, respect and autonomy is outrageous,\u201d Lujan Grisham said. \u201cThis is a state that is not going to let that be the status quo.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has tested negative for the coronavirus after a custodian at the governor\u2019s mansion was diagnosed with COVID-19. The governor is self-quarantining for a two-week period as an extra precaution in accordance with state guidelines.Associated Press file ALBUQUERQUE \u2013 New Mexico\u2019s governor on Wednesday signed a new executive order that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[815,138],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-38632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-associated-press-new-mexico","tag-new-mexico"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38632"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=38632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}