PRC Changes Coming, Legal Impacts of Roe V. Wade Reversal in NM & African American Homesteading

New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)

Host Lou DiVizio runs through the top headlines in New Mexico, including changes coming to the state's Public Regulation Commission. Plus, an update on the deadline DWI crash that killed a mother and two children in Wagon Mound.

Later in the show, correspondent Gwyneth Doland talks with Ellie Rushforth, reproductive rights counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union in New Mexico. Rushforth explains the legal implications of the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe V. Wade, and how recent executive action by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham will impact New Mexicans.

Gene Grant speaks with the group behind an high-tech, mobile exhibit celebrating the contributions of African American homesteaders who came to New Mexico in the late 19th Century.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Correspondents:

Gwyneth Doland, Gene Grant

Guests:

Ellie Rushforth, ACLU NM reproductive rights counsel

Rita Powdrell, director, African American Museum & Cultural Center of NM

Thomas Williams, documentarian

Marilyn Pettes Hill, third generation homesteader

Eric Yakley, technologist – Facing the Rising Sun

For More Information:

NM Governor Orders Safeguards for Abortion Access – Associated Press

NM Shields Abortion Providers Ahead of Expected Patient Surge – Reuters

A Closer Look at Abortion Rights in NM - KOB

Facing the Rising Sun – New Mexico Magazine

Exhibit Background – City of Albuquerque

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