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New Mexico Whole Woman’s Health Funding Priorities Act (SB 289)
This law was last updated on Feb 25, 2014
Number
SB 289
Status
Failed to Pass
Proposed
Jan 24, 2014
Sponsors
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 1
Full Bill Text
SB 289 would have reprioritized the distribution of public funds for family planning and reproductive health care in an effort to direct money away from abortion clinics (i.e., Planned Parenthood) and toward hospitals and other kinds of family planning clinics that don’t provide abortions.
The bill would have prohibited the state department of health from entering into a contract with or making a grant to any entity which performs abortions that are not federally qualified abortions (i.e., an abortion qualified for federal matching funds under the Medicaid program) or maintains or operates a facility where such abortions are performed.
The bill would have put health-care providers that offer abortion services at the bottom of the priority list for state funding, virtually ensuring that such groups would receive no funding.
STATUS
Died in committee.
This bill is based on model legislation drafted by SBA List and Alliance Defending Freedom.
A similar bill (HB 2800) was enacted in Arizona in 2012 but was blocked by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in August 2013. On February 24, 2014, the Supreme Court rejected a request by Arizona to overturn the Ninth Circuit’s ruling.
People
Primary Sponsor
Organizations
- Alliance Defending Freedom — Drafted Model Law
- Susan B. Anthony List — Drafted Model Law
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