Less than a year after New Mexico repealed a long-dormant state abortion ban, the state could see a fervent new battle on the horizon with the U.S. Supreme Court reportedly set to overturn a landmark ruling guaranteeing abortion rights.
“How dare they tell a woman what she can do and cannot do with her own body? How dare they? How dare they try to stop her from determining her own future? How dare they try to deny women their rights and their freedoms?” Vice President Harris told abortion advocates on Tuesday.
Just as a wave of crucial midterm primary elections kick off around the country this spring, the conveniently scheduled leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade became America's new weapon of manufactured mass distraction.