West Texas, New Mexico abortion advocates prepare for influx of clients if Roe v. Wade is overturned
According to a Texas Policy Evaluation Project March report, the law has sent nearly 1,400 Texans out of state for abortion care each month, with as many as 5,574 individuals leaving the state for care in the first four months of the new law. In 2019, 514 people left the state for care.
Of those who left, most — 45% — went to Oklahoma while 27% to New Mexico, the report said.
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America said in a February report that Planned Parenthood health centers in states surrounding Texas saw a nearly 800% increase in abortion patients from the Lone Star State between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31 compared to the same dates the previous year.
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Nicole Martin, an organizer for Indigenous Women Rising, said S.B. 8 has impacted the organization's work “tremendously.” Indigenous Women Rising is an abortion fund open to all Indigenous peoples as well as people of color and migrants. It is based in New Mexico but helps individuals across the U.S.
Martin said since S.B. 8 went into effect, the organization has helped more than 500 callers, many of them Texans needing help to leave the state for services. She said currently, the advocates help Texans get to Oklahoma and New Mexico, and even further if needed. But as restrictions are becoming more widespread, she said the fund is helping fewer people as costs are quickly adding up.
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