Posted on 08/08/2024 3:40:25 PM PDT by Morgana
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Monday the launch of an ad campaign in Texas with the aim of recruiting more abortionists and medical providers to relocate the state. The move is highly questionable, as abortion proponents dishonestly attempt to blame the problem of “maternity care deserts” on states that enact pro-life laws.
It seems that now, New Mexico wants to contribute to the problem for the sake of increasing abortion in their state.
The initiative, titled “Free to Provide,” includes billboards and full-page ads placed in major newspapers across Texas, including the Austin American-Statesman, Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News. The campaign encourages Texas doctors who are unhappy with the state’s pro-life protections to move to New Mexico, where abortion is legal through all nine months of pregnancy.
“You took your oath with patients — not politicians — in mind,” Lujan Grisham said in an open letter published in the news ads. “I certainly respect those of you who remain committed to caring for patients in Texas, but I also invite those of you who can no longer tolerate these restrictions to consider practicing next door in New Mexico.”
Though the campaign targets all medical professionals, Lujan Grisham addressed abortion directly in her letter.
“I know that legal restrictions on healthcare in Texas have created a heavy burden for medical practitioners — especially those of you now barred by law from providing the full spectrum of reproductive healthcare,” she wrote. “It must be distressing that a draconian abortion ban has restricted your right to practice and turned it into a political weapon.”
She added: “We’ve always taken pride in protecting what makes us unique, and that includes protecting women’s health and abortion access. You have my word: I will never interfere with the fundamental right of health workers to care for their patients in New Mexico.”
The billboards towering over Texas highways show two smiling doctors with the words, “Come to New Mexico where you are FREE to provide.” A website is also listed, where medical professionals can find out more information about relocation.
New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary Patrick Allen affirmed the campaign.
“We think that’s sort of an obvious opportunity. The legal circumstances are pretty dramatic in Texas,” Allen told The Dallas Morning News. “People who live in Texas have maybe got some affinity with living in the Southwest and so we don’t think it’s a huge leap for them, culturally, to think about New Mexico.”
The campaign reportedly cost around $400,000, and billboards are expected to remain up in Texas for at least another two weeks.
what can you all tell me about this woman? I can figure a few things out but tell me the rest.
So New Mexico has no need for Oncologist, or regular OB/GYNs? Maybe even a few plastic surgeons? No this nut job that NM has advertises for abortionists?
I wish Gov Abbott would chip in a couple bucks to help them.
Exactly. The only MDs (can’t really say ‘doctors’) this will appeal to are the pro-aborts, which Texas doesn’t want anyway.
GOOD!! Let ALL THE BABY KILLERS GO TO NEW MEXICO!!
Ann please! No one wants to be a baby killer that is why they can’t find anyone for the job!
Morgana.....PLENTY OF EVIL PEOPLE WANT TO KILL BABIES!!
She’s a vile troll of a woman, communist and authoritarian to the core. Keeps renewing her emergency powers activated under covid to try to fix all the things she dislikes by framing it as a public health problem. Super bitch.
I still think fraud kept her there last time around. Hell, it probably put her there to begin with. No one I know of likes her.
Good-I hope all the abortion docs go to New Mexico-it will help to make sure the unborn have the right to life here in Texas-let the women who want abortions go across the state line to do that-and hopefully decide to move there...
Will be lots of baby and women deaths by so-called doctors for profit.
Will we still be invoiced?
Not likely-If the clinic and doc are in NM, then the woman pays there-nobody here dragged her over the state line-she is welcome to stay here-she just can’t murder her unborn baby here-so she goes across the state line where it is okay to do that-it is her liability, morally and financially...
Why try to recruit doctors from Texas ... just go to the NM prison system and recruit murderers and save $400K.
She is the one that tried to outlaw the second amendment.
Not sure why this is going on except the uptick in late term abortions. Most abortions are now carried out by the Grand Ole Planned Parenthood Party’s new darling chemical abortion drug.
No worries, republicans are now a pro abortion party… the only difference is, they might not have the stomach for late term, but they are certainly fans of early abortion.
I am assuming they will embrace late term and post delivery abortions soon, if it gets them power through a few votes.
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