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New Mexico supreme court strikes down local abortion pill restrictions

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Leaders of Roosevelt and Lea counties and towns of Clovis and Hobbs sought to restrict distribution of mifepristone. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

The New Mexico supreme court late on Thursday ruled against several local ordinances in the state that aim to restrict distribution of the abortion pill.

In a unanimous opinion, the court said the ordinances invaded the legislature’s authority to regulate reproductive care.

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