U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez is once again putting abortion at the center of his campaign message, using a newly published Albuquerque Journal opinion column to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and attack Republicans who support limits on abortion.
Vasquez, a far-left Democrat who represents New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District, framed the overturning of Roe v. Wade as a national crisis and accused “MAGA extremists” of waging an ongoing campaign against abortion.
“On June 24, 2022, time stood still for many Americans,” Vasquez wrote, referring to the day the U.S. Supreme Court issued Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the decision that overturned Roe and returned abortion law to the states.
“Four years later, women are still paying the price,” he continued.
The column offers a clear look at where Vasquez stands on one of the most divisive issues in the country: unashamedly backing abortion up-to-birth. Rather than supporting even modest limits on abortion, Vasquez used the piece to call for broader federal protections and to back the Women’s Health Protection Act, a Democrat-backed proposal intended to establish unlimited abortion nationwide.
“I believe every woman deserves the freedom to make her own healthcare decisions in consultation with her doctor and guided by her own faith and values — not the government’s,” Vasquez wrote, although he, alongside many of his Democrat colleagues, likely has trouble defining what a “woman” is.
He also argued that abortion restrictions are not only about abortion, but about broader government control.
“This is not only an attack on women — it’s also a reminder that the government can take away anyone’s fundamental freedoms when power is placed in the wrong hands,” he wrote, although he is for a widespread government takeover of other fundamentals, such as gun rights and religious liberty.
For many, the op-ed reads as another example of Vasquez aligning himself with the national abortion lobby while trying to present the issue in softer language. He repeatedly referred to abortion as “healthcare,” “privacy,” “bodily autonomy,” and “reproductive freedom,” while attacking Republicans as extremists.
“MAGA extremists have continued their assault on women’s reproductive rights through the courts and Congress,” Vasquez claimed.
He specifically accused Republicans of blocking mailed mifepristone, targeting telehealth abortion, and trying to “put the government in control of women’s healthcare experiences.”
The comments come as New Mexico has already become one of the most permissive abortion states in the country. KFF listed New Mexico’s abortion policy as having “no gestational limits” as of April 2026, and other abortion access trackers similarly describe abortion as legal throughout pregnancy in the state.
New Mexico Democrats have also worked to block local governments from restricting abortion. In 2025, the New Mexico Supreme Court struck down local abortion restrictions in conservative communities such as Hobbs and Clovis, reinforcing the state’s broad abortion-access framework.
Yet Vasquez’s op-ed suggests that current law still does not go far enough. He wrote that he remains committed to supporting the Women’s Health Protection Act, which abortion-rights supporters describe as federal legislation to “re-establish a nationwide right to access abortion care,” which attacks federalist principles that his party has cherry-picked to pretend to support in other circumstances, but apparently not in this one.
“I remain committed to protecting reproductive freedom,” Vasquez wrote. “I will continue my support for the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would restore a woman’s right to make her own healthcare decisions and ensure healthcare providers can continue offering safe, effective healthcare options.”
Vasquez also argued that women should have access to abortion “when in a time of need.”
“Restrictions on abortion create chaos and uncertainty,” he wrote. “Women deserve the right to receive abortion care, access contraceptives and obtain emergency reproductive healthcare when in a time of need.”
The op-ed closed with a direct political call to action, with Vasquez pledging to “hold extreme MAGA Republicans accountable.”
“This fight is not over,” he wrote.
For New Mexico voters, the piece is a reminder that Vasquez is not running away from the abortion issue. He is leaning into it.
While many New Mexicans support protections for women in medical emergencies and cases of rape or incest, Vasquez’s column goes far beyond those narrow exceptions. He is backing a national abortion agenda at a time when New Mexico already allows abortion with virtually no state-level gestational limit (up-to-birth) with no protections whatsoever for mothers, babies, or doctors.
That contrast is likely to remain a major issue in the 2026 race, especially in a district that includes conservative, rural, and faith-driven communities across southern New Mexico. But Vasquez’s message is clear: he wants abortion kept front and center.
This is a suicidal move for Vasquez; doesn’t he realize he represents a conservative, rural portion of the state?
Yes Paul, but I suspect Gabby the duchess of windshield washers of Juarez, cannot read rooms let alone English.
I say when Gabby figures out that when he gets it though his abnormal vacant large head, having more anal sex with other men cannot sustain our population… or when Gabby realizes no matter how much ansl sex he gets, he will not produce an infant, perhaps then his microbrain can understand what a woman is and we, 2 sexes only, need each other to survive as individual sexes and unlimited executions of babies is not the answer.
Moderation. Gabby has no moderation button and neither does almost the entire DNC political party of NM.
Read the room, Gabe– Deming, Carlsbad, Cloudcroft, Hatch, Hobbs, and Alamogordo, don’t go for unlimited abortion.
Yes Paul, but I suspect Gabby the duchess of windshield washers of Juarez, cannot read rooms let alone English.
I say when Gabby figures out that when he gets it though his abnormal vacant large head, having more anal sex with other men cannot sustain our population… or when Gabby realizes no matter how much ansl sex he gets, he will not produce an infant, perhaps then his microbrain can understand what a woman is and we, 2 sexes only, need each other to survive as individual sexes and unlimited executions of babies is not the answer.
Moderation. Gabby has no moderation button and neither does almost the entire DNC political party of NM.
The race between Greg Cunningham and Gabe
Vasquez is one between right and wrong; morality versus immorality; law and order versus anarchy; good versus evil, and capitalism
versus socialism. Vote right, New Mexico, vote for Greg Cunningham.
Gabe, excuse me. you know damn well abortion is alive and well in NM. babies are being slaughtered every day as MLG smiles and democrats cheer on the carnage. you got your legal abortions, yet continue to wring your hands after the court battle has ended. what an absolute phony this man is. his article is written for his weak minded followers who cant even understand he is playing them for support. what a POS. dead babies for votes, right gabe ?
Yes sir. He is a phony. He says June 24, 2022 “time stood still”. That is a lie. The only time I know of that ever happened was in Joshua chapter 10.
Gabe is a sick boy. Abortion is the murder of an innocent and defenseless human being. All efforts must be made to defeat him.
I’m with you J#5.
This move shows how desperate Gabe is; he knows he’s in the fight of his life with challenger Greg Cunningham.
“Reproductive freedom”, please someone tell me how it means to kill people. Reproductive freedom to anyone with intelligence means to be able to have children when you want. It also means you can take medication that stop the women’s cycle, using prophylactics and any number of things that does not include murdering the incident. If a person is Catholic it is (or at least used to be) against the church. The were about 613,383 reported abortions in 2022, Whites murdered about 32% of their children, Hispanics murdered 21% of their children, and Black women murdered almost 40% of their children. Abortion started as a way to keep the number of undesirables in check. It is now a way for companies to get human parts for medical procedures that were illegal in the past. Gabe Vasquez is working for an evil power whether he believes it or not.
its the same as the “affordable” care act. or the “inflation reduction” act. both fake names to fool the public
Funny how those who are pro-choice have already been born. I read the article in Sundays Journal…pathetic is Gabe’s middle name. Those who will listen to him are the women who choose abortion as a form of birth control over and over and over again.
Well Gabe are you thankful that your mother didn’t go the abortion route? You should be. Enjoy the depths of hell, your vacation destination for eternity!
Of course this disgusting dog fart supports infanticide. He’s engulfed in corruption and greed. I’m sure he relishes the kickbacks he receives from the abortion industry he supports that are alive and well in NM. Absolutely shameful. He is THE poster child for the alt-left agenda.
totally a big POS, too bad his mom didn’t abort him.
Gabe is doing so poorly he’ll have to abort his campaign soon.
DID GABE ‘S PARTENTS HAVE ANY KIDS THET LIVED
Gabe’s campaign just died.
Gabe has blood on his hands.
According to statistics there was 930,000 abortions in 2020. After the ROE decision there was 1,126,000 in 2025. A large increase in the amount of babies murdered. Gabe can complain all he wants about women still suffering but those that do abort a baby and has a conscience will suffer from guilt for a long time.
True
I wish Gabe’s Dad had worn a rubber! He’s just bitter because the windfall $$$$$ from the abortion mill/kid castration mill him and MLG were building down south to get all the libtard Texan traffic is being put to a halt.
It starts with abortion in the first trimester, moves to Up until birth and will continue on until a parent has the right to kill a child until they move out of the house and become independent. Murder is murder!!!!!
Sleeping with the devil – eating out of the same plate with satan. This shows who he is. Tell me who you hang around with and I will tell you who you are. This smells like Satan and all his evil followers.
New mexico has a new official food ! The fetus burrito…red or green ?!
F gabe…………he’s just a mouth piece for for the feckless scumbag d’s. Like a lot of people who said this before me, to bad his mom didn’t abort this scumbag POS
another prime example of the need for retroactive birth control!
Why isn’t this assclown not in jail?