On Thursday, the Otero County Commission passed a resolution on a vote of 3-0 to declare itself a sanctuary county for the unborn.
The resolution reads, in part, “That the Board of County Commissioners of Otero County, New Mexico, hereby recognizes and declares the full humanity of the preborn child through all [stages] of life up and until a natural death and declares Otero County, New Mexico, to be a sanctuary for life where the dignity of every human being will be defended and promoted from life inside the womb through all stages of development in life up and until a natural death.”
“[T]he Board of County Commissioners of Otero County, New Mexico, hereby resolves to enforce this resolution by all means within its power and authority, in accordance with its responsibility as the people’s elected local representatives,” it concluded.
There were many individuals in the audience who spoke regarding the resolution. Local conservative activist with LEXIT, Ben Luna, Piñon Post editor and NM House District 51 Republican nominee John Block, and other members of the community supported the resolution.
One woman spoke of how she killed her child in an abortion before she saw the horrors of the procedure. She said she only knew what was truly happening when she worked at an abortion facility and one of her friend’s babies was aborted. She saw the foot and ankle of the dead baby and realized the humanity of the babies in the womb.
Some pro-abortion individuals, many of them claiming to be atheists, opposed the resolution, while others tried to twist the words of the Founding Fathers to further their arguments.
The Otero County Commission also considered election integrity resolutions. This article will be updated once information on the passage of these has happened.
Way to go Otero!!! About time someone in NM stands up for life.
OUTSTANDING!!! The only voice of reason left in this State.
Okay….and? They have no actual power to enforce anything…….
It’s starts somewhere… It can end… somewhere. While I am pro life, there should still be exceptions. We are all God’s children and made in his or her image, but we are all men and women and we can and do make mistakes. That’s why I know my God, is a forgiving God. When an atheist is at deaths door, let them be the man or woman my God let them be… But taking the life from a late term abortion 7-8 9 months… is morally ethically wrong and unforgivable act of decency. Anyone involved including these politicians who permit this in these late stages is a sick and perverted individual. It is murder. plain and simple. It is a sick depraved mental health disorder of anyone…ANYONE involved… ABSENT some just cause…some mitigating issue. NM, thanks to the Democrat political party…is now the cornerstone of the worst mental health crisis known to humankind… And NM is being led by a woman no longer able to comprehend the wonders and miracles of life…and worse yet… Our own Governor, MLG, doesn’t give a shit.