I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Less than a year after the murder of Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller, an Albuquerque doctor has decided to accept patients for late-term abortions.
Dr. Susan Robinson and Dr. Shelley Sella, both of whom worked with Dr. Tiller,…
Did you know that health education is not a required course for high school graduation in New Mexico? That will change if Gov. Richardson signs a bill that cleared the Legislature today. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mary…
The New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice today expressed outrage that an amendment included in health care legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday could mean the loss of abortion coverage for millions of…
Pro-choice advocates in Washington are urging Congress and President Obama to repeal restrictions that prevent federal money from being used to provide abortions for poor women, a quarter of whom are forced to carry their pregnancies to term because they can’t afford an abortion.
A last-minute rule on women’s health care sailed through one last barrier this week, and unless Congress makes an unexpected move, it will become law before Bush leaves office. New Mexico officials say they hope the rule will be changed but in the meantime, New Mexico women could be denied care.
