As used in the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act: A. “gender-affirming health care” means psychological, behavioral, surgical, pharmaceutical and medical care, services and supplies provided to support an individual’s gender identity;

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B. “protected health care activity” means:

(1)     seeking, providing or receiving reproductive or gender-affirming health care; or

(2)     assisting an individual who is seeking, receiving or providing reproductive or gender-affirming health care, including providing:

(a) information;

(b) transportation; (c) lodging; or

(d) material support;

C. “public body” means a state or local government, an advisory board, a commission, an agency or an entity created by the constitution of New Mexico or a branch of government that receives public funding, including political subdivisions, special tax districts, school districts and institutions of higher education; and

D. “reproductive health care” means psychological, behavioral, surgical, pharmaceutical and medical care, services and supplies that relate to the human reproductive system, including services related to:

(1)     preventing a pregnancy;

(2)     abortion;

(3)     managing a pregnancy loss;

(4)     prenatal, birth, perinatal and postpartum health; (5)     managing perimenopause and menopause;

(6)     managing infertility;

(7)     treating cancers of the reproductive system; or

(8)     preventing sexually transmitted infections.