By Raychel Sanner, Senior Digital Media Strategist, ACLU of New Mexico  Before coming out as transgender, I always saw Pride as an over-the-top and insanely fun celebration of humanity’s best quality: love.  Though in the years since being ‘out,’ my appreciation for everything Pride month represents has widened and deepened substantially. Pride is protest, yes….

Here we go again. After a certified nurse midwife prescribed misoprostol for her patient in preparation for an IUD insertion, she received a phone call from the pharmacist on duty asking for assurance that the medication wouldn’t be used for abortion because of his personal beliefs against it. Everyone is entitled to their own personal…

No one should ever have to wait to receive the healthcare they need to save their life because of the religious beliefs of someone else. Rachael found themself on a hospital bed with a severe pregnancy complication and needed emergency health care. Instead of helping them, the doctor instead told Rachael that he knew what…

Denying people healthcare because of who they are causes serious harm. Check out our video with a New Mexico healthcare provider who has seen the consequences of denial firsthand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWFT16-jy0k