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Month: June 2022

  • Roe Overturned! Democracy Restored

    (Photo credit above: Steve Helber/AP) 

    By Bud Shaver,

    Albuquerque, New Mexico- In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade! Power has been restored back to the people, states all across the country can now enact and enforce just laws protecting the most vulnerable lives, those living and developing in their mothers womb.

    Tara Shaver, spokeswoman for Abortion Free New Mexico issued the following statement,

    Today’s SCOTUS decision will save countless lives and ushers in a new era of building a culture that loves life across this nation. 

    The Supreme Court of the United States has finally reinstated democracy with the overruling of Roe v. Wade by restoring the legislative power back to the states. For far too many years the states have been prohibited from enacting life saving legislation that would protect babies and their mothers from the horrors and long term effects of abortion. The unjust halting of pro-life legislation across the nation by the lower courts and by judicial activism can now come to an end. 

    Abortion Free New Mexico is grateful that the States will now be able to enact and enforce life saving legislation that will protect the most vulnerable lives in our community, pre-born lives.

    In New Mexico, our battle for life continues as we must now work harder than ever to support Pro-Life Candidates and take back control from the radical pro-abortion Democrats that have seized all levels of power, thwarting any common sense Pro-Life measures from being passed. New Mexico has been and will continue to be ground zero in our country for abortion tourism and a destination for the most extreme and barbaric abortions through all nine months of pregnancy.

    Abortion Free New Mexico stands with the local Pro-Life community to build a stronger alliance to meet the needs of pregnant women and we renew our call for candidates on the 2022 election ballot to sign our Pro-Life Pledge as we work together to build a culture that loves life in our state.”

    Tara Shaver, an antiabortion missionary, kneels at the graves of fetal remains at a plot called Baby Land inside Sandia Memory Gardens cemetery in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) 


    Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico was featured today in this LA Times article highlighting how New Mexico is ground zero and how we need to support pregnant women in a post Roe America: 

    As Roe vs. Wade falls, New Mexico braces for a steep rise of abortion seekersExcerpt:

    While abortion advocates consider the coalition a sort of underground railroad for women in crisis, those who oppose the work — like Tara Shaver, a local antiabortion missionary — say the system affirms Albuquerque’s reputation as the “late-term abortion capital of the world.”

    “The term ‘abortion’ has lost all meaning, and this place brings it back,” Shaver said. “We don’t need to shuttle women into New Mexico. We need to meet these women where they are and provide enough support that they don’t need to choose between their child’s life and their own.”
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    Shaver organized a schedule with other local Christians to ensure that at least one person is praying during every operational hour of local abortion clinics.

    Help Us Build A Culture Of Life In New Mexico!

  • Remembrance Headstone at Local Cemetery 

    Remembrance Headstone at Local Cemetery 

    By Bud Shaver,

    Albuquerque, New Mexico- Every September Abortion Free New Mexico holds a memorial service for the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children at the only cemetery in the state where aborted children are buried. Over the last few years we have helped men and women place their aborted and miscarried babies names on remembrance headstones, in order to give them a place to grieve and heal from the loss of their beloved children.

    Having an abortion weighs heavily on the hearts of many women. There is, however, healing through Christ as well as specific programs that can help prevent future abortions and also provide closure for both men and women impacted by abortion. Many healing programs include the naming of the aborted child.

    Abortion Free New Mexico is acquiring another headstone for the Sandia Memory Gardens and is gathering names from the community to be placed on the remembrance stone.

    • If you or a loved one would benefit from this ministry and would like to have a baby’s name engraved on a remembrance stone please have them reach out to us by phone: 505-319-7825 or email: ShaverMissions@gmail.com before the end of June to submit their baby’s name.

    We would also like to let our community know that there are numerous post abortion healing programs available and Abortion Free New Mexico highly recommends going through one of these programs to find healing from an abortion.

    Here are some of those resources:
    Mourning to Joy
    Silent No More Awareness/Rachel’s Vineyard
    Surrendering the Secret
    Project Rachel

    If you would like to help offset the cost of a memorial headstone or bless this ministry effort please click below to donate.

  • 2022 Primary Election Analysis: Pro-Life Pledge Signers

    2022 Primary Election Analysis: Pro-Life Pledge Signers

    By Bud Shaver

    Albuquerque, New Mexico- Now that the New Mexico primary election is over, here is Abortion Free New Mexico’s analysis of the candidates election results who signed our pro-life pledge and will  be on the November 8th general election ballot. These candidates have made a firm commitment to stand for life which has energized the pro-life community. All across the state the primary election results held on June 7, 2022 revealed that republicans are getting more engaged and many of the races in the upcoming general election on November 8, 2022 are winnable (when the republican primary voter turnout is compared with their democrat opponents).

    Abortion Free New Mexico will continue to provide candidates an opportunity to sign our simple yet solid pro-life pledge to assure their constituents that they will defend life from conception to natural death. 

    Pro-Life pledge signers running unopposed (no democrat opponent in the general election)​:

    • Randall Pettigrew (R) House District 61
    • Paul Grider (R) Roosevelt County Commissioner District 5

    ​These Pro-Life pledge signers races had higher voter turnout than their democrat opponents:

    ​Head to Head races where democrats had a slim lead over Pro-Life pledge signers:

    CANDIDATES: If you are currently running for office in New Mexico and have not signed our Pro-Life Pledge, there is still time before election day! Click HERE and follow the instructions. (We will update this list as candidates sign.)

    ​Abortion Free New Mexico’s Pro-Life Pledge states:

    “I pledge to defend life from conception to natural death. In making and keeping this pledge, I am committed to ending all abortion and all assisted suicide in the state of New Mexico.”

    Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico issued the following statement,

    “It is encouraging to have so many republican voters rise up to support pro-life candidates and to see that in several of these races pro-life pledge signers have outright leads or are in a head to head race with their democrat opponents. 

    The pro-abortion community wants nothing more than to expand abortion in New Mexico. Abortionists from across the nation have their sights set on our state for abortion tourism that will bring big profits to their businesses. We stand with everyday New Mexicans who don’t want our state to be known as the late term abortion capital of the nation and we will work to elect new leaders who stand strong for our children in the womb. Abortion on demand is not a New Mexican value and is not healthcare for women.”

    Together we can make a difference and change the direction of New Mexico.

    General Election: 2022 New Mexico Candidate Pro-Life Pledge Signers

    New Mexico 2022 General Election Pledge Signers: 

    New Mexico 2022 General Election House of Representatives Pledge Signers:

    • Mary Ingham (R) District 10
    • Lisa Meyer-Hagen (R) District 11
    • Solomon Pena (R) District 14
    • Kimberly Kaehr-MacMillan (R) District 15
    • Ellis McMath (R) District 17
    • Robert Salazar (R) District 20 

    New Mexico 2022 General Election House of Representatives Continued:

    New Mexico 2022 General Election House of Representatives Continued & County Commissioner Pledge Signers:

    *Possible Recounts. John Block, Judy Young and Amy Barela all with slight majority

    RELATED REPORTS:

    TARA SHAVER ON LOCAL NEW MEXICO SHOW: THE PARADIGM SHIFT HOSTED BY JP

    Big night on The Paradigm Shift Tonight… Guest, Tara Shaver from Abortion Free New Mexico joins us as she and her husband, Bud Shaver, fight the good fight ridding of the practice of abortion in New Mexico. New Mexico is becoming a hot spot for abortion and the kids NEED YOUR HELP. Join us… studiojfm.com.

  • Accountability Matters!

    Accountability Matters!

    By Bud Shaver

    Albuquerque, New Mexico-Thank you for your continued prayers and support. Our family is humbled to serve the Lord in New Mexico as pro-life missionaries and to be the voice for the children the Lord loves so much. We couldn’t do this important life saving ministry without you! This month we have continued to light up the darkness with our prayer campaign outside the UNM abortion center, every day at least one person is present but we need more people to sign up for one hour. 

    We also called for accountability of our elected officials at the city level when two republicans voted to make sure that Planned Parenthood of New Mexico receives $250,000 of our tax dollars. If these republicans had voted against this funding it would have been blocked. 

    TAKE ACTION: Abortion Free New Mexico urges you to contact councilors Brook Bassan and Trudy Jones to express your disapproval of their actions and to urge them to resign immediately. 

    • Click here to contact them.

    This is a prime example why the pro-life pledge we are asking candidates to sign is so vital. So far we have 30 candidates from across the state who have pledged to defend life from conception to natural death. Thanks for standing with us and together we are building a culture that loves life.

    IN THE NEWS THIS MONTH:  

    “Tara Shaver with Abortion Free New Mexico spoke with American Family News about the quarter-million dollars given to the local abortion provider. According to Shaver, the city of Albuquerque is already facing many crisis situations financially, so she finds it ‘completely absurd’ to reward a non-essential business. The official minutes from the May 16 meeting indicate the city took a half-million dollars from ‘affordable housing’ and gave half of that to Planned Parenthood to free up more of the abortion company’s budget for abortions.”

    As Ward 29 Chairman, Bud would like to thank everyone who came to our first ward meeting at Lava Rock Brewing Company. We had an amazing turnout with about 60 people present. There is great potential to flip this district and take New Mexico back from the liberal Democrats.

    Abortion Free New Mexico wrapped up another successful month of prayer with our No Sidewalk Without the Savior Campaign. We have our amazing team of volunteers to thank for making sure that each day people were present and praying for an end to abortion at the University of New Mexico. One of our volunteers shared this testimony,

    “I need to tell you what happened yesterday when praying at the clinic with Tom. A young lady walked all the way up the hill, started with ‘I am a Christian’ and told us she has 3 kids and just found out she is pregnant. She is barely making it now and is concerned about another baby. Her name is Samantha. Does not want an abortion but… Did not say she is married. We were struck with her concern for the future. We panicked to some extent. It is easy to pray “shut down this clinic” but tough to help someone going thru a real challenge. We prayed with her and gave her one of the resource packets.”

    This story demonstrates the importance of being present at the places where women seeking abortions are.

    If our team had not been there, this woman wouldn’t have local resources to pursue and she most likely wouldn’t have reached out for prayer because of the shame and stigma that is inevitable for women considering an abortion. It is a blessing to know that when the body of Christ is present opportunities arise and we can be the light in this dark world.

    Here’s another sidewalk testimony confirming how Abortion Free New Mexico’s prayerful presence is making a difference:

    From a Tuesday Volunteer: “A gentleman pulled up to the stop sign and called out to us telling us that he was not going to abort his baby, that he was going to keep his baby. He then did the sign of the cross and seemed so full of joy.”

    Join us tomorrow for Faith To Action Friday as we collectively come together to put our faith into action outside the UNM abortion center.

    You’re Invited to Pray & to Stand Up For Life at the University of New Mexico’s free standing abortion facility.

    • Friday June 3, 2022
    • Time: 10-11am
    • Location: UNM Center for Reproductive Health (2301 Yale Blvd. SE. in Albuquerque.) Use street parking on Renard.

    This month, Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico joined Owen Shroyer on the Infowars War Room to discuss how Late (Third Trimester) Full-Term abortions are not a conspiracy theory but a tragic reality. New Mexico is the proof. She also pointed out that in light of Roe v Wade being overturned that  New Mexico will continue to be ground zero for all abortions and abortion tourism.

    “Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico has been fighting abortions in America for years, she is now attempting to end abortion in New Mexico. Tara Shaver joins Owen to discuss her pro-life activism in New Mexico and what she sees ahead as Roe v Wade will soon be overturned.” Infowars War Room