{"id":125917,"date":"2016-02-09T21:08:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T04:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=125917"},"modified":"2016-02-09T21:08:11","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T04:08:11","slug":"party-line-vote-kills-late-term-abortion-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/02\/party-line-vote-kills-late-term-abortion-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Party-line vote kills late-term abortion bills"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luis S\u00e1nchez Saturno \/ The New Mexican<\/p>

Senator Bill Sharer, R-Farmington, holds up a picture showing his granddaughter Scarlet 2 hours after she was born prematurely. The committee halted Sharer\u2019s bills that would have banned late-term abortions.<\/p><\/div>\n

A lengthy hearing full of emotional, deeply personal stories — and rhetoric about abortion that has been offered by both sides of the debate for decades — didn’t change any minds on a state Senate committee Tuesday<\/span><\/span>. The panel voted along party lines to effectively kill two bills that would have prohibited most late-term abortions in New Mexico.<\/p>\n

Sen. Bill Sharer, R-Farmington, a long-time anti-abortion advocate, sponsored both bills. One measure, Senate Bill 243<\/a>, would have banned late-term abortions of viable fetuses at least 20 weeks into a pregnancy. Sharer’s SB 242<\/a> — also rejected Tuesday<\/span><\/span> by the Senate Public Affairs Committee — was almost identical, although that bill contained exceptions for rape and incest.<\/p>\n