N.M. Stat. Ann. § 24-34-1
This act [24-34-1 to 24-34-5 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Freedom Act".
History: Laws 2023, ch. 11, § 1.
Effective dates. — Laws 2023, ch. 11 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 2023, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
County and municipal officials exceeded their authority by enacting abortion-related ordinances preempted by state law. — Where several counties and municipalities (respondents) enacted local ordinances prohibiting the mailing or receipt of any abortion-related instrumentality and creating licensing schemes exclusive to abortion clinics and providers, and where the state of New Mexico sought a writ of mandamus and stay of respondents' enforcement of the ordinances and to invalidate the ordinances as preempted by state law, the writ of mandamus was granted because the ordinances plainly conflicted with the provisions of the reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Freedom Act (act), which prohibits any public body, entity, or individual from interfering with access to reproductive or gender-affirming health care and from imposing penalties for violations of the act's provisions. State ex rel. Torrez v. Bd. of Cnty. Comm'rs for Lea Cnty., 2025-NMSC-011.