Plans Proceeding for Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care Center in Las Vegas

Land is being purchased in Dona Ana County for the eventual construction of a new health care center that will belong to the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.

The project, which is being supported to the tune of $10 million via an executive order by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, will see the building of up to 8,000 square feet of clinical space providing a wide variety of reproductive health care services.

The site in question is located just to the north of Lohman Avenue between Road Runner Parkway and North Sonoma Ranch Boulevard.

Grisham approved funding two years ago for what is being called the Center for Reproductive Health in an effort to provide both abortion and pregnancy care services. In signing the order, she remarked: “The goal here is to build it, and they will come.”

A press release issued by the school’s Health Sciences Center said the “community advised, full spectrum, reproductive health care center will serve the needs of thousands of individuals living in southern New Mexico who have lacked access to basic reproductive health care for decades.”

Although a total amount for the project has not yet been announced, it is thought that the acquisition of the land will come to a little over $1 million.

If all goes as expected, work on the new facility will begin later this year, with a completion date of sometime in 2025.

By Garry Boulard

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