Traveling for abortion care was on the rise even before Roe was overturned, data shows.
With so many out-of-state people seeking abortion care in Colorado, wait times for appointments are now as long as one month at some clinics, according to Carlson.
In this July 18, 2019, file photo, volunteer escorts wait to assist incoming patients outside of the Planned Parenthood in Denver, Colorado.Planned Parenthood's two other clinics in Colorado are also purposefully located, according to Mansaneres, with one in the northern part of the state accessible to patients from Wyoming, and one in the south more accessible to patients from Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
In New Mexico, a state where abortion access is also protected, demand for abortion care has spiked since the Supreme Court's decision, according to Joan Lamunyon Sanford, executive director of the New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, a faith-based advocacy group and abortion fund.
"We know that just from Senate Bill 8 in Texas, that our numbers increased between three and four times," she said. "And our numbers have increased beyond that in the last four weeks."In response to abortion restrictions in Texas post-Roe, Whole Woman's Health, an Austin-based network of abortion clinics, has announced it is closing its four Texas clinics and reopening in New Mexico, where they hope to open a location near the border with Texas as early as August.
"That's a far travel and so we are hoping that opening in New Mexico will help sort of mitigate some of the harms that are going to come across Texas," she said. "But keeping our sites open in Texas is not sustainable."Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE "So we're still answering the phone trying to support people as much as possible," she continued, adding that clinic workers are helping callers access care in other states and providing funding for travel when possible.
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