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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 12:24:24+00:00

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1 N.M. Stat. Ann. § 40A-5-1 et seq. (Michie 1972).
2 Id. § 40A-5-1. The law imposed other conditions. Abortions could be performed only in licensed hospitals by licensed physicians “using acceptable medical procedures.” Id. No abortion could be performed unless a “special hospital board,” composed of two physicians, reviewed the request for an abortion and certified that the request satisfied one of the grounds specified in the statute. Id. § 40A-5-1(C), -(D). If the woman requesting the abortion was a minor, the consent of her parent or guardian was required. Id. § 40A5-1(C). As the experience in California demonstrated, mental health exceptions were widely abused. See People v. Barksdale, 503 P.2d 257, 265 (Cal. 1972) (noting that more than 60,000 abortions were reported in 1970, more than 98% of which were performed for alleged reasons of mental health).
3 506 P.2d 1217 (N.M. Ct. App. 1973).
4 The statute has been renumbered and now appears at N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-5-1 et seq. (Michie 2004).
5 See New Mexico Right to Choose/NARAL v. Johnson, 975 P.2d 841, 850-57 (N.M. 1998), cert. denied, 526 U.S. 1020 (1999).

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