NM SM14

Requests the Indian Affairs Department and Commission on the Status of Women to study the history and impacts of forced or coerced sterilization of Indigenous women and other women of color in New Mexico, occurring between 1907 and 2018 through federal Indian Health Service facilities and other healthcare providers

Requires the study to identify known cases, gather survivor testimony using trauma-informed protocols, assess current reproductive health service accessibility, and recommend educational, policy, and reparative measures

Directs findings and recommendations to be presented to the governor and legislature by December 31, 2027

Calls for proposals to establish a New Mexico Truth and Reconciliation Commission, create a Native American-led reproductive justice program, develop a public memorial and educational curriculum, and provide formal state acknowledgment of the policy's inhumanity

Notes that 1970s investigations revealed 25-50% of Indigenous women of childbearing age had been sterilized, with the Albuquerque Indian Health Service region among the highest concentrations nationally