HOUSE BILL 129

44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

INTRODUCED BY

Lisa L. Lutz

AN ACT

RELATING TO ABORTION; PROHIBITING THE PRESCRIPTION, ADMINISTRATION OR DISPENSING OF MIFEPRISTONE FOR NON-SURGICAL ABORTIONS; ESTABLISHING A PENALTY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. NON-SURGICAL ABORTIONS--MIFEPRISTONE PROHIBITED--PENALTIES.--

A. No person shall prescribe, administer or dispense the drug mifepristone for the purpose of causing a non-surgical abortion. For purposes of this section, "abortion" means the intentional termination of a pregnancy. B. A person who violates the provisions of Subsection A of this section is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.