By Bud Shaver,
Albuquerque, New Mexico- Life Ministries U.S. has launched a billboard campaign in Texas to combat abortion tourism into New Mexico. Three billboards (two digital and one static) have been strategically placed along two separate major roadways in Texas toward New Mexico to reach women traveling for abortions. The website, PregnancyHelpToday.com, that is featured on the billboards, was created to present vital information, resources and financial assistance that is available to pregnant women in crisis. The financial assistance is provided by the Abortion Free New Mexico Life Fund.
- The Life Fund meets the emergent financial needs of pregnant women in crisis. When a pregnant woman needs help paying rent, utility bills, childcare and other miscellaneous needs that often make women feel like an abortion is the only answer, the Life Fund is there to support her.
(Two different digital billboard designs)
(Static billboard along major roadway near the Texas/ New Mexico border)
As pro-life states like Texas are seeing their abortion numbers decrease significantly as a result of Roe v. Wade being overturned and abortion trigger laws, pro-abortion states like New Mexico are unfortunately seeing out of state abortions increase significantly!
Tragically, the vast majority of the out of state abortions being obtained in New Mexico are on women from Texas who are evading their states pro-life laws.According to a report from the Pinon Post,
“14,200 Texas babies were killed in the womb in New Mexico, marking a tragic influx since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.”
Radical pro-abortion politicians, including New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), have created an abortion “free for all” by utilizing state tax dollars to fund ad campaigns to draw Texas women into our state for abortions, recruit out of state abortionists to New Mexico to perform abortions, and has funded two multi-million dollar abortion centers to expand abortion into our state.
Additionally, Planned Parenthood funded at least two billboards celebrating unrestricted access to abortion in New Mexico (one pictured below).
Tara Shaver, spokeswoman for Life Ministries U.S. issued the following statement,
“Crazed New Mexico democrats are hell bent on expanding abortion tourism into our state. So we have launched our response to their dangerous tax-funded targeting of out-of state pregnant mothers. The primary message of our billboard campaign is to encourage Texas women to ‘Turn Around’ and not come to New Mexico to end the lives of their pre-born children. The fact that women can circumvent Texas abortion laws, by interstate travel, is a real constitutional crisis that must ultimately be addressed by the United States Supreme Court.
How is the right to life in the United States of America lost by crossing a state line?”
Overcoming Major Roadblocks
This pro-life billboard campaign faced several roadblocks. Two major billboard companies: Lamar, and Lindmark rejected our billboards. Lamar cancelled our initial contract for, “abortion pill reversal language” on the website PregnancyHelpToday.com! Lindmark initially approved the billboard design, but then a manager later rejected our pro-life campaign citing potential vandalism concerns!
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