Click here for Men seeking women dallas Wade falls, New Mexico braces for a steep rise of abortion seekers New Mexico is one of six states that allow late-term abortions. With Roe vs. Wade reversed, it expects a steep rise in out-of-state visitors. As Roe vs. Wade falls, New Mexico braces for a steep rise of abortion seekers. Dr. Lisa Hofler discusses the procedure for having a medication abortion with Autumn Brown as Brown's 3-year-old daughter plays on the floor Tuesday at the Center for Reproductive Health in Albuquerque, N.M. Brown has five children, ages 2 to 14. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) The parking lot to the abortion clinic in this desert city was crowded recently with cars from out of state: four from Texas. Two from Oklahoma and others from Arizona, Louisiana and Iowa. Pillows and blankets were scattered across backseats to ease the journey home, which for most would come by day's end. In one car, a young man in a Nirvana T-shirt rubbed his palms together and stared off into the sky. In another, a pregnant woman handed an infant to her partner and climbed out into the dry 103-degree heat. She walked past four security cameras, around a wrought-iron fence and through a double-deadbolt door. They had driven here — others arrive by plane and Greyhound bus — like many before them. New Mexico, one of six states that allows late-term abortions, has for years been overwhelmed by travelers coming from large swaths of the country where the procedure is forbidden. But the Supreme Court's ruling Friday on a Mississippi law to ban most abortions after 15 weeks, reversing the landmark 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling, has New Mexico's abortion providers bracing for a new influx of patients from conservative states. Dr. Lisa Hofler, right, clinical vice chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of New Mexico, huddles with her team at the Center for Reproductive Health on Albuquerque on Tuesday. The clinic is bracing for an influx of patients seeking abortions from neighboring red states. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) “Oh my gosh, the magnitude for us is going to be tremendous,” said Dr. Lisa Hofler, the clinical vice chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of New Mexico. This ripples far beyond New Mexico, and they're going to be coming to us." The court's ruling is drawing this state deeper into a intensifying culture war that has shaped American politics and challenged a woman's right to abortion for decades. As many states, most controlled by Republican legislatures, have restricted access over the years, New Mexico and others, including Colorado and Illinois, have become safe if at times tense havens for those seeking to end their pregnancies. New Mexico is something of an anomaly: 49% Hispanic and Latino, largely rural, traditionally Catholic and yet reliably blue, including a friendliness toward LGBTQ communities. The state has no gestational limits or waiting periods for abortions, and it does not require parental consent for minors who want to undergo the procedure. Many New Mexican women who seek abortions travel from their small towns to urban centers, where they will now compete with rising numbers of women from out of state. Over 5,800 abortions were provided in New Mexico in 2020, the most recent year available, an increase of 32% from 2019. Given the 2021 passage of Senate Bill 8, or the Texas Heartbeat Act, and the Supreme Court ruling, experts estimate the state's figures for 2021 and 2022 to increase wildly. The influx will challenge the state's capacity to meet demand. "Drove from Texas with my mom," read one online review of Southwestern Women's Options, posted just weeks ago. "They are one of the only clinics in the country that offer this type of help to women." "I came from TX alone," read a post in May. "I recommend them for any woman needing Help." A third was written by a father who said his antiabortion daughter learned at 23 weeks pregnant that her fetus was developing without a brain or functional heart: "I would never wish this upon anyone. But the experience was less tragic here, and we thank them." When SB 8 took effect last fall, wait times for an abortion at the University of New Mexico Center for Reproductive Health clinic grew from a maximum of 48 hours to two to three weeks. The number of patients — Texas borders New Mexico — more than doubled, and many arrived further along in their pregnancies because they struggled to gather funds for the trip. Now, doctors expect 13 states with "trigger laws" — and another nine that have policies or laws that effectively ban abortion following the overturn of Roe — to propel a fresh influx of travelers. In total, 26 states are expected to ban abortion. That prospect comes at a time when the U.S. saw an uncharacteristic rise in abortion, increasing from 862,320 in 2017 to 930,160 in 2020, according to a report from the Guttmacher Institute. About 1 in 5 pregnancies in the U.S. in 2020 ended in abortion, and the highest increase — about 12% — occurred in Western states, the institute found. Men looking for men in dallas Women seeking men dallas Women looking for men dallas Women seeking men dallas tx Men seeking women dallas Women seeking men in dallas texas
