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Louis Biad, Your view Published 2:56 a.m. MT March 15, 2020

Louis Biad, Mesilla Valley chile farmer, pecan farmer and co-owner of Picacho Hills Country Club.(Photo: Jett Loe / Sun-News)

Theres an interesting dichotomy playing out in New Mexico.

No, Im not talking about which of the superstar Mikeis going to win our states primary and go on to crush President Trump in November. We learned recently that it wont be Michael Avenatti or Michael Bloomberg.

Nor am I talking about the raging debate about stupid pedicabs versus money wasting trolleys from NMSU to Downtown.

In the last month, in this newspaper, we have seen that our legislature will leap into action if the US Supreme Court takes steps to curtail abortion rights. We have seen impassioned commentaries from a New Mexico practicing OBGYN detailing how dangerous it would be to pass abortion bans and restrictions. (Feb. 9). On Feb. 5, we read an article by a reproductive rights attorney for the ACLU of New Mexico arguing that abortion bans are an assault on reproductive freedom.

On the other side of the scale, in suspiciously quiet fashion, a daughter of New Mexico had the honor of speaking at the same podium as the president of the United States. It is easy to look at poverty, childrens healthcare, education, late-term abortion rates and see what is wrong with New Mexico. But, born into a humble community, Elisa Martinez is what is right with New Mexico. So well-known has she become among pro-lifers that she was invited to speak at the pro-life rally in DC.

She is a solid on every issue. Passionately warning New Mexicans about the real dangers of socialism and leftism. She has lived it. Up close has she has seen the havoc it wreaks. While Martinez is no one-trick pony, perhaps she does hold the key to pulling in conservative Democrats who are not thrilled with the prospect of voting for the two far-left, wealthy, whitemen running for president. Or for the establishment, Santa Fe swamp rat running for the open US Senate seat from New Mexico. Elisa, and defense of life may be the wedge that gives traditional Hispanic, Catholic, Democrats permission to hold their nose and vote for a Republican or two.

What else is going on here? Pro-abortion Democrats who have become more fervent over the recent years, are panicked that Trump courts, and even more so, the hearts, minds and souls of Americans are challenging the future of abortion in America. Even the reliably progressive Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that the Trump Administration may continue to enforce a rule that federal planning funds, such as Planned Parenthood, separate themselves from abortion activities. This is yuuge. And the left knows it.

The party of JFK is gone. It is dead. Now the party of AOC, it is no longer the default party of blue-collar workers, Catholics, families, anti-war voices, fair trade or moderation of any kind.

This is an opportunity. If the state party, pro-life activists, and religious folks come together there is a chance to save untold unborn children in New Mexico. Even the New Mexico Catholic bishops can help if they can take a timeout from their advocacy of no borders, minimum wage, global warming, and lawsuit settlements to truly live the statement that they made at their 2019 USCCB Fall Assembly.

"The threat of abortion remains our preeminent priority because it directly attacks life itself, because it takes place within the sanctuary of the family, and because of the number of lives it destroys."

Do they truly believe this? Its time for them to put up and be counted on the issue of life.

Make no mistake, the culture war has come to the Land of Enchantment.

Louis Biad was born in the area, and lives and works in Las Cruces.

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