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Albuquerque, N.M., voters to decide on municipal abortion limits
Source: Reuters
Albuquerque, N.M., voters to decide on municipal abortion limits
BY ZELIE POLLON
SANTA FE, New Mexico Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:51am EST
(Reuters) - Voters in Albuquerque on Tuesday will decide on an initiative to outlaw most late-term abortions in New Mexico's largest city, marking the first such measure placed on a municipal ballot.
The measure would prohibit doctors within city limits from performing abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, allowing for few of the exemptions provided for in most of the late-term abortion bans enacted statewide elsewhere in recent years.
No exceptions are made for victims of rape or incest. The ban could be waived only to save a mother's life or if continuing her pregnancy risked "substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function" for the mother.
Public opinion polls suggest sentiment has swung against the Albuquerque initiative since early September, when 54 percent of city voters said they backed the proposal, but an immediate court challenge is expected should the measure pass.
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BY ZELIE POLLON
SANTA FE, New Mexico Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:51am EST
(Reuters) - Voters in Albuquerque on Tuesday will decide on an initiative to outlaw most late-term abortions in New Mexico's largest city, marking the first such measure placed on a municipal ballot.
The measure would prohibit doctors within city limits from performing abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, allowing for few of the exemptions provided for in most of the late-term abortion bans enacted statewide elsewhere in recent years.
No exceptions are made for victims of rape or incest. The ban could be waived only to save a mother's life or if continuing her pregnancy risked "substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function" for the mother.
Public opinion polls suggest sentiment has swung against the Albuquerque initiative since early September, when 54 percent of city voters said they backed the proposal, but an immediate court challenge is expected should the measure pass.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/19/us-usa-abortion-albuquerque-idUSBRE9AI0KA20131119
