BREAKING: Statement on NM Attorney General Refusal to Prosecute Fetal Tissue Harvesting In NM

ALBUQUERQUE: Today, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas sent a letter to the congressional Select Panel on Infant Lives stating there was insufficient evidence to indicate any violation of state law in regard to the relationship between UNM Health Sciences Center and Southwestern Women's Options.
 
Statement by NM Alliance for Life executive director Elisa Martinez:
 
"This is a pathetic attempt by Hector Balderas to hide his malpractice as the Attorney General, in failing to prosecute over 100 viable cases within the statute of limitations. We already have a New Mexico District Court stating these same civil cases he failed to prosecute are indeed viable and prosecutable, based on the evidence on its face in violation of NM statute. It is shameful and disgusting that he isn't prosecuting the law on behalf of New Mexico women and by not even bothering to contact the victims, he chose to trust the lawbreakers over trusting women."
 
Statement from Michael Seibel, Albuquerque attorney currently representing New Mexico victims suing Southwestern Women's Options in NM District Court: 
 
I don't know a single attorney who would issue a non-prosecution letter without talking to the victim, investigating the facts, or indicting a single person, what Hector Balderas did is not justice but rather protecting political special interests,"  said Michael Seibel, an attorney currently representing New Mexico victims suing Southwestern Women's Options in NM District Court.
 
"My clients are committed to aggressively pursuing Southwestern Women's Options and /or the University of New Mexico in order to protect the rights of women to fully informed consent as required by law."  

The New Mexico Alliance for Life is a nonpartisan organization focused on changing state and local laws by empowering women with better and informed choices when facing unplanned or difficult pregnancies and advocating for better protections for women and unborn children from an unsafe abortion industry. For more information visit www.nmallianceforlife.org