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Pro-Life Action Guide to Stop SB10/HB7 & HB47 in NM Version 3.0 Jan 27, 2021 Pro-Life Action Guide to Stop SB10/HB7 & HB47 in NM Version 3.0 Jan 27, 2021 NewMexicoMarchForLife.com A Unied Pro-Life Effort "Speak out for the one who cannot speak, for the rights of those who are doomed." ~ Proverbs 31:8 Thank you for watching the Emergency Pro-Life Webcast and downloading this action guide. Together, New Mexico was able to stop the rst attempts of these anti-life bills in 2019, and with your help, we can do it again. Please share this document and information widely, and don't forget to include this in your daily prayers. Bookmark this link, as this Action Guide will be updated as needed with the most relevant information and next steps. Step 1 Understand the Process 1. For a bill to become law, it has to be introduced in either the House or the Senate, where is it introduced through a committee. 2. If the rst committee approve the bill, it then goes to a second committee for approval. 3. If the second committee approves it, then it goes to the oor of that chamber to be approved by the entire Senate or House. 4. If the bill passes, then it goes to the other chamber of the House or the Senate. This is the last chance to stop a bill. 5. If approved by both chambers, the bill goes to the Governor to be signed into law. Step 2 Understand SB10/HB7 1. SB10/HB7 will continue to allow abortion in NM to remain legal up- to-birth, for any reason, including minors without parental notication or consent, even if Roe v Wade is overturned. 2. SB10/HB7 is not pro-woman but rather pro-abortion, allowing a healthy mom to abort a healthy baby up to the day of birth. 3. SB10/HB7 does not add any protections for women, but further empowers abortion corporations to act negligently and recklessly. 4. SB10/HB7 could lead to non-physicians being allowed to perform lucrative abortion procedures, further endangering women. 5. SB10/HB7 removes NM's only conscience protection, leaving no shield for medical professionals from being required to perform or assist in abortions against religious beliefs or moral values. 6. The majority of Americans and the majority of New Mexicans support a limit on abortion at least up to 5 months. Step 3 Understand House Bill 47 1. HB47 is a second attempt to pass a new version of what was called "the most extreme assisted suicide bill in the U.S." in 2019 2. HB47 will allow lesser trained health care providers to approve and prescribe assisted suicide drug cocktails. 3. HB47 only has a 48 hour waiting period (rather than 15 days like other states) which can be waived allowing same-day-deaths, despite studies showing that "will to live" can uctuate over days. 4. HB47 also tramples on medical conscience rights, requiring an unwilling healthcare provider to refer a suicidal person to another provider or resource to be able to carry out their suicide. 5. Legalizing assisted suicide does not alleviate fears of dying a bad death, and some assisted suicides can end up suffering 6-9 hours and in some cases more than three days, some screaming in pain. 6. If passed, they will later try to expand HB47 to include their previous allowance for suicide for psychiatric conditions, undened prognosis, and even suicide via telemedicine. Step 4 Now contact the Senate Judiciary Committee ASAP. Tell them you are opposed to SB10 and respectfully ask them to vote no. It's important to always be kind, respectful, brief, and stay on point. The date of this second hearing will be scheduled soon at: https://nmlegis.gov/Committee/Standing_Committee? CommitteeCode=SJC Chairman Joseph Cervantes | Call: 505-397-8820 / 575-526-5600 Email: [email protected] Senator Bill O'Neill | Call: 505-397-8838 / 505-450-9263 Email: [email protected] Senator Cliff Pirtle | Call: 505-397-8842 / 575-626-7046 Email: [email protected] Senator Gregory Baca | Call: 505-397-8815 / 505-385-7303 Email: [email protected] Senator Katy Duhigg | Call: 505-397-8823 Email: [email protected] Senator Daniel Ivey-Soto | Call: 505-397-8830 / 505-881-4475 Email: [email protected] Senator Linda Lopez | Call: 505-397-8833 / 505-831-4148 Email: [email protected] Senator Mark Moores | Call: 505-397-8835 / 505-681-1975 Email: [email protected] Senator Mimi Stewart | Call: 505-397-8853 / 505-275-2355 Email: [email protected] Step 5 Contact the House Health & Human Services Committee. Tell them you are opposed to HB7 and respectfully ask them to vote no. This hearing will be Wednesday, January 27 at 8:30 AM. Chairwoman Deborah Armstrong | Call: 505-986-4344 Email: [email protected] Representative Joanne Ferrary | Call: 505-986-4438 | 575-649- 1231 Email: [email protected] Representative Phelps Anderson | Call: 505-986-4226 | 575-625- 9152 Email: [email protected] Representative Gail Armstrong | Call: 505-986-4227 | 505-269- 2364 Email: [email protected] Representative Brittney Barreras | Call: 505-986-4248 | 505-800- 9404 Email: [email protected] Representative Karen Bash | Call: 505-986-4236 | 505-238-2117 Email: [email protected] Representative Stefani Lord | Call: 505-986-4453 Email: [email protected] Representative Marian Matthews | Call: 505-986-4242 Email: [email protected] Representative Roger Montoya | Call: 505-986-4464 | 505-927- 0108 Email: [email protected] Representative Luis Terrazas | Call: 505-986-4336 | 575-313-4262 Email: [email protected] Representative Liz Thomson | Call: 505-986-4425 | 505-239-1781 Email: [email protected] Step 6 Contact your speci{c legislators. Find and familiarize yourself with your one State Representative and one State Senator who represents you as a New Mexican constituent at https://nmlegis.gov/Members/Find_My_Legislator Contact them repeatedly throughout this entire process by phone during business hours, leave messages, send emails, and even good old fashioned snail mail. Be sure to say "I am your constituent" and include your physical address. Tell them, "I strongly oppose SB10 and HB47 and encourage you to vote against both of these bills." Be kind, respectful, brief, and on point. Step 7 Testify during the hearings. Public testimonies are allowed during committee meetings via Zoom. If you have a testimony including life or professional/medical experience are interested in testifying against either or both of these bills, please ll out this form and someone will contact you if you can help: https://forms.gle/ZZn6Yduk6SHRrWt6A Sample Email Feel free to copy this email. Dear [Legislator], Please vote NO on SB10/HB7. This bill needs to be rejected yet again in 2021 as it was in 2019. SB10/HB7 removes our State's only conscience protection for medical providers entirely, and does not replace it with anything to shield them from being forced into medical procedures against their moral values. This will lead to good healthcare providers leaving our state, which is already under-served, in order to avoid being sued when asked to cooperate in a procedure which may violate their conscience or Hippocratic Oath. SB10/HB7 does not offer any replacement regulations on abortion — not even the most minimal, basic, nor commonsense regulations common to most states — meaning abortion in New Mexico will continue unregulated through all nine months of pregnancy up to the day of birth, for any elective reason, including for minors without parental knowledge or consent. SB10/HB7 does not put anything in place to help women, but will remove our only mention of abortion, allowing abortion corporations to act even more negligently and recklessly in our state where they are already the least regulated in the nation. SB10/HB7 could even lead to non-physicians performing complicated abortion procedures because of their lucrative and political appeal. The majority of our state and nation supports restricting abortion at the very least in the third trimester, when abortions then become a multi-day procedure which are far more strenuous and dangerous for women than the quicker and safer alternative of cesarean section, especially in the event of an urgent medical or health concern. Please see this bill for what it is. It is not a thought-out bipartisan effort to protect women's healthcare with any proven or commonsense measures, but a rash and politically-motivated move backwards to protect a million-dollar abortion industry. Please vote NO on SB10/HB7. Respectfully, [NAME, ADDRESS] NewMexicoMarchForLife.com A Collaborative Pro-Life Effort Now spread the word! Challenge yourself to get at least 10 people to also make phone calls and send messages, challenging them to do the same. Make an announcement at your church, hand out yers, and start a petition. Also be sure to submit your email address at www.NewMexicoMarchForLife.com to get more updates, action items, prayer requests, and alerts about other committee hearings over the coming days. RETURN TO THE WEBCAST & RESOURCE PAGE >> Created with Growth Tools in Partnership with Leadpages.
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