 (Abortion Free New Mexico launched PregnancyHelpToday.com in conjunction with our billboard campaign to combat abortion tourism into New Mexico) *This article was originally published by the New Mexico Sun OPINION: WHY SIDEWALK MINISTRY AT ABORTION CENTERS IS SO IMPORTANTBy Tara Shaver, Apr 22, 2025 What would you do if you knew where 30 children were going to be killed tomorrow? What if it were legal and their parents were paying someone to do it? Would you stay at home and pray that their parents changed their minds, go to where they were to be killed and plead for their lives, or would you feel no responsibility and do nothing? This is a very serious scenario that, unfortunately, is a reality in Albuquerque. Alamo Women’s abortion center, where our team of volunteers does sidewalk outreach, ends the lives of 30-50 pre-born children every Saturday. The only difference from the above scenario is that the children being killed are still in their mother’s womb. These children, at 18 to 21 days after conception or fertilization takes place have a beating heart. Their own unique DNA profile has been created and it’s different from their mother and their father. They are being fearfully and wonderfully made, fiercely knit together by the hand of the one true God of the universe. He cares so much for them, He has a plan for their life. These tiny humans are hidden from the naked eye but an ultrasound shows us their humanity. Each one is a son or a daughter, worthy of value and protection. Their size, location, level of development and degree of dependency doesn’t change who they fundamentally are. Now that we’ve set the stage, we have to ask ourselves, is it important to be at these places called abortion centers to speak and act on their behalf? Do we have a duty to intervene? Children whose own parents are not protecting them, have actually hired a hitman to exterminate their lives forever. We go to the sidewalk, knowing that our presence alone can be the sign that can convict a mom‘s heart to turn around and change her mind, but we take every opportunity to speak hope and truth into each woman’s unique situation when given the chance. Abortion is the purposeful taking of an innocent human life, and it is never God‘s will for us to sacrifice our children on the altar of convenience so that we can live how we want to live without responsibility. Since we know that innocent children are being killed we need to act like it is murder. There are 11 abortion centers in New Mexico and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has secured funding (20 million dollars) for two more with your hard earned tax dollars which makes us all culpable. There is a place for you to serve in the pro-life community. Our ministry offers comprehensive sidewalk training and a time of shadowing an existing team until you are fully confident to minister to abortion seeking mothers. We need your help in the battle for lives in New Mexico. Visit AbortionFreeNM.com and click on the "Join Our Team" tab to actively be a voice for the voiceless in our state, if we don’t, no one else will. Shaver is a spokeswoman for Abortion Free New Mexico and a full-time pro-life missionary who has worked alongside her husband Bud Shaver since 2010 to make New Mexico "Abortion Free." RELATED:
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(Abortion Free New Mexico is a ministry of Life Ministries US) By Bud Shaver, Albuquerque, New Mexico- Life Ministries U.S. has launched a billboard campaign in Texas to combat abortion tourism into New Mexico. Three billboards (two digital and one static) have been strategically placed along two separate major roadways in Texas toward New Mexico to reach women traveling for abortions. The website, PregnancyHelpToday.com, that is featured on the billboards, was created to present vital information, resources and financial assistance that is available to pregnant women in crisis. The financial assistance is provided by the Abortion Free New Mexico Life Fund.
 (Two different digital billboard designs)  (Static billboard along major roadway near the Texas/ New Mexico border) As pro-life states like Texas are seeing their abortion numbers decrease significantly as a result of Roe v. Wade being overturned and abortion trigger laws, pro-abortion states like New Mexico are unfortunately seeing out of state abortions increase significantly! Tragically, the vast majority of the out of state abortions being obtained in New Mexico are on women from Texas who are evading their states pro-life laws. According to a report from the Pinon Post, 14,200 Texas babies were killed in the womb in New Mexico, marking a tragic influx since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade." Radical pro-abortion politicians, including New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), have created an abortion "free for all" by utilizing state tax dollars to fund ad campaigns to draw Texas women into our state for abortions, recruit out of state abortionists to New Mexico to perform abortions, and has funded two multi-million dollar abortion centers to expand abortion into our state. Additionally, Planned Parenthood funded at least two billboards celebrating unrestricted access to abortion in New Mexico (one pictured below).  Tara Shaver, spokeswoman for Life Ministries U.S. issued the following statement, Crazed New Mexico democrats are hell bent on expanding abortion tourism into our state. So we have launched our response to their dangerous tax-funded targeting of out-of state pregnant mothers. The primary message of our billboard campaign is to encourage Texas women to 'Turn Around' and not come to New Mexico to end the lives of their pre-born children. The fact that women can circumvent Texas abortion laws, by interstate travel, is a real constitutional crisis that must ultimately be addressed by the United States Supreme Court. Overcoming Major RoadblocksThis pro-life billboard campaign faced several roadblocks. Two major billboard companies: Lamar, and Lindmark rejected our billboards. Lamar cancelled our initial contract for, "abortion pill reversal language" on the website PregnancyHelpToday.com! Lindmark initially approved the billboard design, but then a manager later rejected our pro-life campaign citing potential vandalism concerns!
By Bud Shaver, Albuquerque, New Mexico- On April 2, as the United States Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case of Kerr v. Planned Parenthood concerning state funding for the abortion provider, a protest will be held at the Planned Parenthood facility at 4630 Eubank Blvd NE in Albuquerque, from 12PM-1PM. Abortion Free New Mexico is organizing one of nearly 100 other protests being coordinated nationwide on April 2 by the Pro-Life Action League and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, calling for Planned Parenthood to be stripped of all federal funding, and for all such funding to be redirected to health centers that do not perform abortions. Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion chain, receives nearly $700 million in taxpayer funding every year. As the Trump administration looks for places to cut government funding, pro-life advocates are pointing to the nation’s largest abortion provider and their massive taxpayer subsidy. Protests will be held nationwide on April 2 in nearly 100 cities from coast to coast, supporting the defunding effort and educating the public about Planned Parenthood’s central role in the abortion industry and their long record of unethical activity. Planned Parenthood claims that American women rely on them for healthcare, but a recent New York Times expose found they’re spending more resources lobbying in Washington DC than they are helping women,” said Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico. Shaver emphasizes that pro-life advocates calling for the defunding of Planned Parenthood are adamant that no funding should be taken away from programs that help poor women and families. Every dollar taken from Planned Parenthood must be redirected to health centers that provide a wider range of services and higher standard of care than Planned Parenthood, without doing abortions The effort to defund Planned Parenthood has nothing to do with taking healthcare away from women. It’s about taking tax dollars away from the nation’s largest abortion chain,” she explained.
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