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Created: January 27, 2021 04:32 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A bill that aims to repeal a state law that criminalizes abortion passed another hurdle in a House committee Wednesday afternoon. The original abortion ban was put into New Mexico’s books in 1969 and reads in part, “Criminal abortion consists of administering to any pregnant woman any medicine, drug or other substance, or using any method or means whereby an untimely termination of her pregnancy is produced with the intent to destroy the fetus. Whoever commits criminal abortion is guilty of a fourth degree felony. The U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling makes the state law unenforceable, meaning someone can’t be criminally charged for having an abortion. However, many Democratic lawmakers fear that Roe v. Wade may be overturned by the current conservative Supreme Court. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, it would make criminal prosecutions for abortions possible in New Mexico. ....