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§ 24-34-2 NMSA 1978

Definitions

Known as the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Freedom Act

The act spans §§ 24–24 (5 sections).

Laws 2023, ch. 11, § 2.

As used in the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Freedom Act:

A. "gender-affirming health care" means psychological, behavioral, surgical, pharmaceutical and medical care, services and supplies provided to support a person's gender identity;

B. "public body" means a state or local government, an advisory board, a commission, an agency or an entity created by the constitution of New Mexico or any branch of government that receives public funding, including political subdivisions, special tax districts, school districts and institutions of higher education; and

C. "reproductive health care" means psychological, behavioral, surgical, pharmaceutical and medical care, services and supplies that relate to the human reproductive system, including services related to:

(1) preventing a pregnancy;

(2) abortion;

(3) managing a pregnancy loss;

(4) prenatal, birth, perinatal and postpartum health;

(5) managing perimenopause and menopause;

(6) managing fertility;

(7) treating cancers of the reproductive system; or

(8) preventing or treating sexually transmitted infections.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.