0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 33
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0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| ROD ADAIR
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0010| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011| URGING THE GOVERNOR TO DIRECT THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO
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0012| ADOPT REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR
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0013| LATE-TERM ABORTIONS USING THE PROCEDURE OF PARTIAL BIRTH
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0014| ABORTION.
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0016| WHEREAS, abortions are performed late in the second and
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0017| in the third trimesters of a woman's pregnancy; and
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0018| WHEREAS, these procedures are known to have potentially
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0019| serious consequences to the mother; and
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0020| WHEREAS, a part of these late-term abortions are
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0021| performed using a procedure called "partial birth abortion" in
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0022| which a baby is partially delivered and then killed, after
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0023| which the head of the dead baby is removed from the mother's
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0024| body in a manner potentially injurious to the mother; and
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0025| WHEREAS, the procedure described does not fulfill a
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0001| legitimate interest of government in safeguarding health,
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0002| maintaining medical standards and protecting life; and
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0003| WHEREAS, this procedure is abhorrent to persons who value
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0004| human life and believe the government at every level should
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0005| recognize this belief and take positive steps to prevent
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0006| subversion of this value system without regard to individuals'
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0007| opinions and strongly held views on the subject of abortion
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0008| generally; and
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0009| WHEREAS, overwhelming bipartisan majorities of both
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0010| houses of congress have passed measures to ban this procedure;
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0011| and
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0012| WHEREAS, it is repugnant to the vast majority of the
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0013| citizens of New Mexico that public funds may be used to pay
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0014| for the procedure described;
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0015| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0016| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the governor exercise his executive
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0017| authority and direct the human services department to develop
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0018| and adopt a regulation prohibiting the use of any state funds
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0019| to purchase abortion services involving the use of the partial
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0020| birth abortion procedure; and
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0021| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0022| forthwith delivered to the governor and to the secretary of
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0023| human services.
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