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We Vowed To Keep Up The Fight For LIFE…
A reminder of why we launched Protest ABQ… Why Protest? Why Protest ABQ? FLASHBACK- Local KOB Report covering the launch of Protest ABQ: Group launches new anti-abortion campaign- The group that launched a campaign to ban late term abortions in Albuquerque says they are here to stay. WATCH THE COVERAGE HERE Albuquerque’s Anti-Abortion Activists Unfazed After 20-Week Ban Defeat “We must resolve to proclaim even louder the truth about abortion, reach even further into our community and keep coming back until we win and establish justice for the babies.” ~Bud and Tara Shaver, co-founders of Protest ABQ along with Fr. Stephen Imbarrato: The Protest Priest Read the full article here: Talking Points Memo 2013: NM Top Headlines …
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Catholic Senator Michael Sanchez Funded By Albuquerque’s Abortion Cartel
By Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM- For years Michael Sanchez (D- NM Senate Majority Leader ) has made it impossible for pro-life bills that make it to the Senate to get out of committee, he consistently places these bills in “kill committees” where the bills are prevented from going to a vote on the floor. As a Catholic Democrat many wondered why he consistently did this, when on January 28, 2016 he was honored by Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains for his “lifelong commitment to Reproductive Health and Rights” it all became very clear that he has put politics before his faith. Simply put he has been bought and paid for by Albuquerque’s abortion…
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Join Us: National Protest of Planned Parenthood on Saturday, April 23rd
(Picture credit: Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal) By Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM- On April 23, nationally coordinated protests will be held at over 200 Planned Parenthood centers throughout the United States, including the center at 701 San Mateo Blvd. NE in Albuquerque, which is being sponsored by Protest ABQ. These national protests are being organized by the #ProtestPP coalition, formed in response to the undercover videos released last year showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing the harvesting and selling of body parts from aborted children. The protestors in Albuquerque and throughout the country will be standing in solidarity with David Daleiden, the pro-life whistleblower who is facing baseless civil and criminal charges for conducting a 30-month…
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Complaint Filed: Planned Parenthood Nurse Breaking NM Law By Performing Abortions
By Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM- Protest ABQ has filed a formal complaint with the New Mexico Nursing Board against Vivianne Clark. Clark is a Registered Nurse, license number RN-71112 who is employed by Planned Parenthood of New Mexico. New Mexico law states that only licensed physicians can perform abortions. Vivianne Clark is not a licensed physician and is therefore in violation of New Mexico’s Criminal Abortion Statute, NMSA Section 30-5-1, et seq. Medicaid data obtained by Protest ABQ through a public records request indicates that since 2012, New Mexico taxpayers have footed the bill for over 200 illegal abortions performed by Vivianne Clark. In 2013 alone Vivianne Clark performed 91 illegal abortions and was paid over $11,000 from New Mexico Medicaid. Clark has been reimbursed by New Mexico medicaid…
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UNM Pumps out Abortionists While the Overall Demand for Abortions Dwindle
(This screenshot from Medical Students for Choice shows the link between late-term abortionist Curtis Boyd at Southwestern Women’s Options and abortion training in New Mexico.) By Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM- Reuters reported today that even though the number of abortion clinics is dwindling, young medical doctors who want to kill babies by abortion is on the rise due to training programs like Medical Students for Choice and the Ryan Residency Training Program. The University of New Mexico School of Medicine (UNM) is listed as a Medical Students for Choice Chapter, and as we previously reported, UNM has been listed as a Ryan Residency Training site since 2011. Both programs contribute to the radical abortion agenda…
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March 2016 Newsletter: Is The Tide Beginning to Shift in New Mexico…
Dear Pro-Life Friend, This month we were amazed to see things begin to shift and change at the University of New Mexico. When we learned that the UNM Regents were making changes that included reigning in Dr. Paul Roth (the godfather of abortion) and ensuring that there is more oversight and accountability we welcomed the changes. For many years now we have uncovered and exposed the abortion agenda at UNM and waited for leadership to work to change the universities reputation, it appears that change has begun… Protest Outside of Roth’s subdivision in Albuquerque Even though it seems that positive changes are being made, we are still determined to see Roth and…
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UNM Doubles Down on Preventing The Truth From Coming Out About Their Abortion Involvement
By Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM- The Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives has issued 12 additional subpoenas to fetal tissue procurement organizations who continue to refuse full compliance with the panels investigation into the practice of fetal tissue harvesting and the use of the remains in research. According to the NY Times, “Committee investigators say they have uncovered evidence of possible illegal profiteering, questionable consent forms and inappropriate collusion between scientists seeking fetal tissue and abortion providers.” Three new subpoenas come to New Mexico focused on individuals at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and Southwestern Women’s Options. The subpoenas ask for information such as: studies, research or experiments that individuals have participated in, the number and…
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This Postcard Drops Today, Contact UNM President Robert Frank
This postcard will be delivered by mail to multiple Albuquerque neighborhoods this weekend. The University of New Mexico is a publicly funded institution and the community deserves to know who is responsible for UNM’s radical abortion agenda. *UPDATE: OF ALL OF THE POSTCARDS WE’VE DROPPED THE BATTLE WAS ON TO DROP THIS ONE! (Please contact UNM President. Contact info in the report.) There was an attempt to prevent our postcard from going out, but free speech trumps and we will not be silenced! This postcard drops TODAY…Tuesday March 29, 2016 By Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM- Earlier this month we shared news stories announcing some abrupt changes at the University of New Mexico with regard to the Health Sciences Center…
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Catalyst For Change In New Mexico
February Newsletter 2016: Catalyst For Change In New Mexico Dear Pro-Life Friends, When we moved to New Mexico five years ago our prayer was that everything that we did for God and His babies through research, outreach and public exposure would ultimately be a catalyst for others to step up and all of our efforts would bring the abortion industry crashing down. This month when we learned that the US House Panel on Infant Lives was conducting a federal investigation of Southwestern Women’s Options and the University of New Mexico and was going to subpoena them for records pertaining to the harvesting and use of aborted baby body parts, we were…
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New Mexicans Forced To Fund The State’s Abortion Industry
By Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM- Since 1998 New Mexico taxpayers have been footing the bill for women to have abortions through New Mexico Medicaid. Per the Hyde Amendment, federal money is prohibited from being used to pay for abortions, except in cases of rape, incest or life endangerment of the mother, so New Mexico became one of 17 states that uses state money to pay for abortions. New Mexico is one of 13 states that does so as a result of a court order. Based on the court decision, New Mexico Right to Choose/NARAL v Johnson, New Mexico Medicaid pays for abortions using state tax dollars for any reason, through all nine…
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NEW WAY To Support New Mexico Pro-Life Ministries
Your Generous Support Can Now Be Tax Deductible Fr. Stephen Imbarrato just launched Life Ministries U.S. an umbrella non-profit organization that includes our ministries in New Mexico: Pro-Life Witness & Protest ABQ and also his national movement Protest Child Killing. As a missionary family, we are very blessed and humbled to have been invited by Fr. Stephen Imbarrato to New Mexico to serve our Lord in Full-Time Pro-Life Ministry. This calling is nothing short of God’s providence in our lives since neither Bud nor myself ever anticipated being on the front lines fighting our nations most devastating injustice. You can now make a tax deductible donation securely online HERE (Just select our Ministry: Bud and Tara-Pro-Life Witness in the dropdown window) Or you can mail a tax deductible donation…
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#ProjectWeakLink
(Read more about UNMCRH & Tax Funded Abortions HERE ) We are Proud to join Created Equal In This National Effort Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ issued the following statement, “Now is the opportune time for all of the pro-life organizations across the country to be more strategic and unify our efforts in opposition to Planned Parenthood and the rest of the Abortion Cartel nationwide. Protest ABQ is proud to join Created Equal in exposing the abortion industry’s weak link…With every serial murderer, their biggest problem becomes, ‘What do I do with all of the dead bodies?'” Created Equal Announces- #ProjectWeakLink: In December, videos of the 2013 National Abortion Federation conference were released by GotNews showing abortionist Renee Chelian saying, “We…
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EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: UNM Publicly Silent, Privately Scrambling in response to U.S. House Panel Investigation
(Photo credit: Operation Rescue) By Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM- On the verge of subpoena’s for records related to fetal tissue research, Southwestern Women’s Options and UNM scramble to comply with U.S. Panel inquiry. The New Mexico Political Report obtained a statement, shortly after our initial report, from an attorney representing Southwestern Women’s Options stating that, “We have formally responded this afternoon to its [the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives] information request, as we previously arranged.” “We will continue to be responsive to the panel’s inquiries and will do so in a manner that protects individuals’ safety and privacy.” The University of New Mexico, however, has not issued a public statement but behind the scenes emailed it’s employees today. This…
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Southwestern Women’s Options and UNM Refuse to Comply With U.S. House Investigation
(Photo credit: Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal) By Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM- The Albuquerque Journal is reporting that because the University of New Mexico (UNM) and Southwestern Women’s Options provided no documents and failed to cooperate in a U.S. House inquiry into the harvesting of aborted baby body parts, these entities will be served subpoena’s early next week. “The mission of the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives (as it is informally known) is to gather information and get the facts about medical practices of abortion service providers and the business practices of the procurement organizations who sell baby body parts,” according to their website. The staff on this panel have sent more than 30 letters…
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Jan. 2016 Newsletter: Albuquerque’s anti-abortion crusaders
(ABQ JOURNAL- Picture Caption) “Tara and Bud Shaver, who home-school their children, make time for a weekday outing to a local park with their kids. Bud is the executive director of the anti-abortion group Protest ABQ, and Tara is the organization’s senior policy adviser.” (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) By Bud and Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM- January is usually a busy month for the pro-life movement as it is Sanctity of Life month and a reminder that another year of legalized child killing has come and gone. There is always more that can be done, so this month we did something new to launch the umbrella ministry, Life Ministries U.S. lead by Fr.…
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JUST RELEASED: Final Video (Part 3)- Inside New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics
By Tara Shaver Watch Part 3 Video Albuquerque, NM- To wrap up this 3 part series, the University of New Mexico’s Center for Reproductive Health (UNMCRH) free standing abortion clinic is in the spotlight. UNM is the heart of New Mexico’s abortion industry, one reason being that it participates in the Ryan Residency training program. This program has a concentrated effort to train medical students to perform abortions in hopes to raise up the next generation of abortionists. You will hear firsthand from a resident in training at UNMCRH how a second trimester abortion is done, but when asked how much it costs or where the abortion facility is, she has no clue.…
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Personality Profile Piece by the ABQ Journal Featuring Bud and Tara Shaver’s Efforts In New Mexico
(Picture Caption) “Tara and Bud Shaver, who home-school their children, make time for a weekday outing to a local park with their kids. Bud is the executive director of the anti-abortion group Protest ABQ, and Tara is the organization’s senior policy adviser.” (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) Albuquerque Journal’s “personality profile piece” about our ministry efforts in New Mexico: Albuquerque’s anti-abortion crusaders By Rick Nathanson / Journal Staff Writer “We’re just Christian people who want to see babies’ lives saved and moms protected,” Tara said. “We ultimately want to bring our culture and community in New Mexico to a point, not where we enforce our will on New Mexico,” Bud said, “but where New…
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Video Part 2: Inside NM Reproductive Health Clinics
By Tara Shaver Life Ministries NM introduces 5 years of investigative research into New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics. Part 2 Part 2 of 3 of this video series that was presented to New Mexico legislators by Fr. Stephen Imbarrato on January 26, 2016 gives a glimpse into the dangers posed to young women obtaining abortions in New Mexico. It is commonplace in New Mexico to talk with minors who come to Albuquerque for abortions because their state requires either parental notification or consent. In fact, as you will hear New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics pose a serious danger to ALL of the unsuspecting women who walk through their doors. New Mexico is…
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Video: Part 1 of 3- “Inside NM Reproductive Health Clinics”
By Tara Shaver As the first legislative session of 2016 kicked off here in New Mexico, Fr. Stephen Imbarrato felt the need to hand deliver the compilation of over 5 years of research into New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics to New Mexico legislators. We are told that if we want our representatives to introduce and pass uncompromising legislation that we need to go to them, so that’s what Life Ministries NM did yesterday. A good crowd joined us and filled the Rotunda of the State Capital, Tuesday January 26th as we released the entire 45 minute investigative video exposing the abortion industry in NM. We are breaking it up into a 3…
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Jan 26th Presentation to Legislators: Inside New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics
By Tara Shaver Santa Fe, NM- Join Fr. Stephen Imbarrato as he unveils his new ministry, Life Ministries NM, Tuesday January, 26th at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We will release 5 years of investigative research into New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics. Also the debut of our CHASTITY AND ABSTINENCE initiative, TRUE LOVE, featuring UNM students Colt Bilok and Jolene Bullock. Nine years ago, the 3 Catholic bishops of New Mexico and Fr. Imbarrato founded the Sanctity of Life Awareness and Unity Day. However, “unity and awareness” of how “life is unique, precious and unrepeatable” is an ongoing, continuous endeavor especially here in New Mexico. As a followup to the Sanctity of life Awareness…
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Video: Why New Mexico Needs A Late-Term Abortion Bill With NO Exceptions
By Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ Fr. Stephen Imbarrato explains why New Mexico needs a Late-Term Abortion Bill with NO exceptions for rape, incest, or health. Fr. Stephen Imbarrato with Priests for Life and founder of several pro-life ministries in New Mexico including: Life Ministries NM, Protest ABQ, and Project Defending Life released the following statement: “I am very excited about the plan laid out by the [Senate-NM] to get a late term abortion ban passed in New Mexico. It is my hope that it is a bill that has no exceptions. I made it clear last year and again this year to the sponsors of the bill that I cannot support a bill with…
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Jan. 26th Life Ministries NM Presents: Inside New Mexico Reproductive Health Clinics
By Tara Shaver Santa Fe, NM- Join Fr. Stephen Imbarrato as he unveils his new ministry, Life Ministries NM, Tuesday January, 26th at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We will release 5 years of investigative research into New Mexico’s Reproductive Health Clinics. Nine years ago, the 3 Catholic bishops of New Mexico and Fr. Imbarrato founded the Sanctity of Life Awareness and Unity Day. However, “unity and awareness” of how “life is unique, precious and unrepeatable” is an ongoing, continuous endeavor especially here in New Mexico. As a followup to the Sanctity of life Awareness and Unity Day, Fr. Imbarrato of Priests for Life, Protest Child Killing, Protest ABQ and Pro-Life Witness will sponsor a morning at the Roundhouse…
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Fr. Stephen Imbarrato Encourages the NM-Senate To Pass a Late-Term Abortion Bill with NO Exceptions for Rape, Incest, or Health
By Bud Shaver, Executive Director of Protest ABQ Fr. Stephen Imbarrato with Priests for Life and founder of several pro-life ministries in New Mexico including: Life Ministries NM, Protest ABQ, and Project Defending Life released the following statement: “I am very excited about the plan laid out by the [Senate-NM] to get a late term abortion ban passed in New Mexico. It is my hope that it is a bill that has no exceptions. I made it clear last year and again this year to the sponsors of the bill that I cannot support a bill with exceptions. Rape, incest, and health of the mother exceptions are not tolerable in pro life legislation. It is important that…
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Throwback Thursday: 2010…Boyd & Co. Turn Albuquerque Into The Late-Term Abortion Capital Of The World
(Picture by Orae Dominguez) Before Operation Rescue sent us as Pro-Life Missionaries to New Mexico back in 2010, Operation Rescue released a five part series: “Abortion Capital” which delves into the business of lucrative late-term abortions in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In case you missed this 5 part series back in 2010, here is an in depth look into the late-term abortion business and the key players at Southwestern Women’s Options late term abortion facility in Albuquerque: Abortion Capital, Pt. 1: The Wild, Wild West Abortion Capital, Pt. 2: “Am I Killing? Yes, I am. I know that” Abortion Capital, Pt. 3: “A baby came out and it was moving” Abortion Capital, Pt. 4: The Dancing Dog Abortion Capital,…
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Sanctity Of Life New Mexico Events
By Tara Shaver Upcoming Sanctity of Life Events in New Mexico We hope that you have been able to promote the sanctity of human life this month, whether it be in your church or among friends. There are THREE special events in New Mexico that we’d like to encourage you to attend. Sanctity of Life Awareness & Unity Day Mass/March/Rally Wed Jan 20 in Santa Fe Join us as the three dioceses of New Mexico prayerfully mark the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade legalizing abortion with a Sanctity of Life Awareness and Unity Day on January 20, 2016. The day includes a noon Mass with the three bishops of New…
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Albuquerque Mayor RJ Berry Partners with NM Abortion Industry
By Fr. Stephen Imbarrato Protest ABQ and I began protesting Mayor Berry, who professes to be pro-life, in 2015 after his repeated refusals to meet with us about our concerns regarding the nature of the abortion industry in Albuquerque as well as the difficulty we were having obtaining information about 911 emergency calls coming from city abortion facilities. We also had concerns about abortion clinic zoning and other issues. Not only has the Mayor ignored our pleas to meet, but now it appears as if he is working with the abortion industry in Albuquerque. “Pregnant” is a teen pregnancy documentary that debuted August 15th, 2015 at the Kimo theater. Led by the…
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Lessons From Birmingham: Unity, Prayer and Protest NOT Violence Demolishes Strongholds
(Photo credit: wtvm.com) By Bud Shaver Birmingham, AL- Who would have ever foreseen that the unlawful arrest of a peaceful team of pro-life youth activists with Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust at Parker High School located in Birmingham Alabama would culminate seven years later with the demolishing of an abortion killing center New Woman All Women? Well that’s how our great God works! Watch the unlawful arrests at Parker High School (See if you can spot Bud and Tara Shaver in this footage): Read the shocking press release detailing the entire ordeal here: Outrageous Civil Rights Violations in Birmingham Against Pro-Life Youth Activists Fast forward to 2010, due to the unlawful arrest of the team of Survivors…
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Start The New Year 2016 Off Right…In The Word of God
By Bud and Tara Shaver Going to try and be more consistent in reading the Bible this year- daily and first thing each day. Here’s what I read today. Just what I needed and how I want to live, may it bless you as well. You can listen to the Bible online here. Also get a daily Bible reading plan for the year here. Psalm 101 Of David. A psalm. 1 I will sing of your love and justice; to you, Lord, I will sing praise. 2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life—when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a…
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Bud and Tara Shaver’s 2015 Year In Review
By Bud and Tara Shaver Happy New Year from our family to yours! God has been faithful this past year. It has been quite eventful this year as we continue to push back the darkness of the New Mexico abortion cartel, hold leaders accountable and work to save the lives of pre-born babies. Here is our 2015 Year in Review: #5- NM House Passes Late-Term Abortion Ban We moved here to New Mexico in 2010 to expose late-term abortion since nearly 90% of Americans oppose late-term abortions. We helped launch the first ever citywide referendum that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy in 2013. In 2015, five years of…
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Two Leading Voices in New Mexico Call On Gov. Susana Martinez to Resign
By Bud Shaver Two prominent leaders in New Mexico, Pastor Dewey Moede and Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, are leading the charge by calling on New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez to resign. Pastor Dewey Moede, News Director at fggam.org For God’s Glory Alone Ministries- FGGAM reported that according to Peter St. Cyr, an award winning watchdog journalist, Gov. Susana Martinez may have committed a fourth degree felony when she pressured an emergency dispatcher and repeatedly demanded witness information after a noise complaint was made to hotel staff during an after-party hosted by the Governor at a posh Santa Fe hotel. According to Peter St. Cyr: “10-16-3. Ethical principles of public service; certain official acts prohibited; penalty. A. A legislator…
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Fr. Imbarrato Calls On Governor Susana Martinez to Resign
By Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, Local and National Pro-Life Activist on staff with Priests For Life Isn’t it time for New Mexican conservatives especially the Prolife community to unite and demand Susana Martinez’s resignation. It is time to let John Sanchez restore integrity and true family and life values to our state. Will the Prolife community remain as silent about Martinez as she has been about the out of control abortion industry in our state? PLEASE SHARE THIS!!!! We need to let the entire country know how horrible our Governor is. This news report is only part of her terrible tenure here in NM. She is the worst PLINO (pro-life in…
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Breaking: UNM Halts Abortion Rotation at Late-Term Abortion Facility But Continues to Break the Law
By Tara Shaver Albuquerque, NM- The ABQ Journal newspaper is reporting that the University of New Mexico, which is a publicly-funded institution, has partially cut ties with Southwestern Women’s Options, a late-term abortion facility owned by Texas abortionist Curtis Boyd, that conducts abortions through all nine months of pregnancy. UNM has severed an agreement with SWO to provide abortion training for UNM medical students. However, it says it will continue to accept harvested aborted baby parts from this facility. Before UNM’s move to cut formal ties with SWO, it appeared that the university was providing staffing to the abortion facility in exchange for the fetal remains that it says it uses for…
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Guv Martinez Caught Partying While New Mexico Burns
By Bud Shaver New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez was caught partying while New Mexico burns! Be sure to listen to the 911 calls here: New Mexico Political Report Pastor Dewey Moede, News Director at For God’s Glory Alone Ministries issued the following statement, “Sadly the Governor’s true colors come out through the audio! Martinez is unfit for office. I am getting really tired of having to report on misbehaving politicians who think they are more mightier than God!” KRQE TV REPORTS: “The Office of Governor Susana Martinez is refusing to comment on a late-night phone call made by the governor to Santa Fe police following a noise complaint involving a party for the governor’s staff held at…























































































