Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Say what you will about state Rep. Phelps Anderson of Roswell, but he's no publicity hound. Anderson, who recently quit the Republican Party, voted with Democrats to repeal New Mexico's 1969 anti-abortion law. The decision marked a turnabout for Anderson. In 2019, he voted to retain the old, poorly written and unenforceable law criminalizing abortion. Not this time. Anderson, now an independent, sided with 39 Democrats in voting to do away with the anti-abortion law. The repeal measure, Senate Bill 10, cleared the House of Re...
