{"data":{"id":"us-nm/30-5a-5","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"30-5A-5","heading":"Criminal penalty; exception.","body":"A. Except as provided in Subsections B, C, D and E of this section, a person who violates Section 3 [30-5A-3 NMSA 1978] of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.\nB. The provisions of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act shall apply only to the exact procedure specified in that act.\nC. The provisions of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act are not intended to criminalize any other method of terminating a woman's pregnancy.\nD. The provisions of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act are not intended to subject a woman, upon whom the procedure specified in that act is performed, to criminal culpability as an accomplice, aider, abettor, solicitor or conspirator.\nE. The provisions of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act are not intended to subject any person to criminal culpability pursuant to laws governing attempt, solicitation or conspiracy to commit a crime.","path":["Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses","ARTICLE 5A Partial-Birth Abortion Ban"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18530/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"52494ec32ada5fceff9cde6a92bdc4ead40e8e103c38de61bc76018842965abd","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/30-5a-4","next":"us-nm/30-6-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}