RALLY
and PRESS CONFERENCE FOR CHOICE at the Roundhouse
Monday, January 23, 2012, 2:30 PM
Join us to celebrate the 39th
Anniversary
of Roe v Wade.
Help us preserve reproductive rights in New
Mexico
For
Immediate Release
Contact: Dana Middleton, President, Santa Fe NOW,
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"mailto:newmexdana@hotmail.com"
newmexdana@hotmail.com or
505-982-1823
January 16, 2012. The New Mexico Coalition for
Choice is
sponsoring its annual Rally
and Press Conference for Choice at the Roundhouse to observe the
39h
anniversary of the historic
Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Rabbi Marvin Schwab of Temple
Beth Shalom will deliver the invocation.
This year, more than at any time in recent history, basic
reproductive freedoms are under attack in New Mexico and across the
U.S. In New Mexico, our Constitution provides greater protection
for a women’s right to choose than most states. Many low-income
women have access to Medicaid funds for reproductive health care in
our state.
Anti-choice groups are promising unprecedented efforts to diminish
reproductive choices in our state. The Coalition for Choice
is particularly concerned
about the negative impact that parental involvement laws, which
include both parental consent and notification, have on teens and
young women. Parental involvement laws have only one goal: to chip
away at protections granted by Roe v. Wade and make it difficult
for teens’ to access reproductive health services. Our legislators
need to hear from New Mexico’s pro-choice
voices!
We
don’t want any further restrictions on contraceptives/abortion in
New Mexico!
This event is sponsored by The New
Mexico Coalition for Choice, including: Santa Fe NOW, ACLU-NM, NM
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Planned Parenthood of
New Mexico, American Association of University Women, Southwest
Women’s Law Center, UNM Center for Reproductive Health, and
Southwestern Women’s Options, Abortion Care Network and Young Women
United.
