![]() It said briefs due in April should address what, if any, effect the new abortion rights law will have on the case. In its order, the New Mexico Supreme Court outlined a schedule for the ongoing case over the ordinances in the cities of Hobbs, Clovis and Eunice, and in Lea and Roosevelt counties. New Mexico’s governor also has pledged to spend $10 million to build a new abortion clinic in the southern part of the state near El Paso, Texas. Whole Woman’s Health started a fundraising effort last summer to help with the costs of moving equipment and supplies from Texas to New Mexico and for the purchase of a building to serve as its new home. “It was just an emotional day for everybody.” ![]() It was Texans serving Texans,” said Whole Woman’s Health President and CEO Amy Hagstrom Miller. It was remarkably meaningful for the staff. “And everybody who cared for the patients was also from Texas. For some, it required a road trip that spanned about 900 miles (1,448 kilometers). Officials with Whole Woman’s Health said more than a dozen patients walked through the doors of the Albuquerque clinic in the first week, all of them from Texas. One of the largest abortion providers that had operated in Texas opened a new clinic in New Mexico’s largest city last week. Tele-health provider Choix, based in San Francisco, became licensed last year to operate in New Mexico. Mississippi’s only abortion clinic relocated to southern New Mexico. The changes over the past two years have prompted more providers to relocate to New Mexico and bring patients with them. The governor also signed a series of executive orders that, among other things, barred state cooperation with other states that might interfere with abortion access. In 2021, the Democratic-led New Mexico Legislature repealed a dormant 1969 statute that outlawed most abortion procedures as felonies, ensuring access to abortion even after the federal court rolled back guarantees.
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