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Le Monde investigation highlights Albuquerque faith-based abortion activists partnering with organized pilot networks transporting women across state lines for abortion By Bud Shaver, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO — An explosive international report published by France’s largest newspaper is drawing global attention to New Mexico’s growing role as a hub for coordinated interstate abortion infrastructure operations — including the involvement of Albuquerque-based Faith Roots Reproductive Action, formerly known as the New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. The report comes as SB 30 has now officially taken effect in New Mexico, eliminating statewide abortion reporting requirements and further reducing public transparency surrounding abortion activity in the state. The law effectively dismantled a longstanding system used to track anonymous abortion data and statewide abortion trends. At the same time, New Mexico politicians continue expanding taxpayer-funded abortion infrastructure projects while national abortion organizations increasingly coordinate transportation, lodging, and financial support systems designed to move women from pro-life states into New Mexico for abortions. On May 24, French newspaper Le Monde published an article titled “In the United States, a Network of Airplane Pilots Helps Women Awaiting Abortions,” detailing the operations of Elevated Access — a rapidly expanding volunteer pilot network transporting women across state lines for abortions and gender-transition procedures. According to the report, Elevated Access operates with approximately 500 volunteer pilots and an annual budget reportedly nearing $2 million. The organization coordinates flights for women traveling from pro-life states like Texas into abortion-friendly states such as New Mexico. The article states that approximately sixty abortion-rights organizations now utilize Elevated Access services, including organizations based in New Mexico. One of those organizations is Albuquerque-based Faith Roots Reproductive Action. Faith Roots — formerly operating under the name New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice — openly promotes abortion through religious messaging and activist faith organizing. Le Monde quoted Faith Roots Executive Director Amanda Diaz stating: “When they claim that abortion is a sin, our members respond that abortion is a right for families.” Diaz further acknowledged the dramatic increase in abortion-related assistance following the fall of Roe v. Wade: “We used to help about 20 people a month when the right to abortion was still guaranteed. Now it’s more like 60 to 70.” Abortion Free New Mexico (AFNM) says the article confirms that New Mexico has become deeply embedded in a sophisticated post-Roe abortion-access infrastructure involving transportation networks, activist nonprofits, abortion funds, logistical coordination systems, donor-backed organizations, and politically connected activist operations designed to move women from pro-life states into abortion-friendly jurisdictions. Faith Roots Reproductive Action is part of the broader Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice network, which has historically received funding support from major progressive philanthropic organizations, including entities connected to George Soros’ Open Society Foundations and other nationally connected donor networks, according to publicly available nonprofit grant disclosures and funding records. Abortion Free New Mexico says the involvement of nationally connected donor networks further demonstrates that New Mexico’s abortion expansion is being fueled not only by local activism, but also by well-funded national political and ideological organizations supporting interstate abortion-access operations. Abortion Free New Mexico has also previously documented how celebrity-backed abortion funds, billionaire-connected donor networks, and national activist organizations are helping finance abortion travel into New Mexico through airfare assistance, lodging support, transportation coordination, and interstate logistical operations. Related Investigative Reports by AFNM: “This report exposes the disturbing reality that organizations operating under the banner of ‘faith’ are actively helping build interstate abortion pipelines into New Mexico,” said Tara Shaver, spokesperson for Abortion Free New Mexico. “When abortion activists claim abortion is not a sin, they are attempting to redefine evil itself. You cannot claim the name of faith while organizing transportation networks to help kill unborn children. Abortion is violence against innocent human life, and Scripture is clear that shedding innocent blood is a sin.” Shaver continued, “These are not isolated local activists operating independently. This is part of a larger, well-funded ideological movement involving billionaire-backed donor networks, political organizations, abortion funds, transportation systems, and activist nonprofits working together to expand abortion access across state lines.” Abortion Free New Mexico warned that the use of religious language to justify abortion represents a direct contradiction of historic Christian teaching regarding the sanctity of human life. The Le Monde article also profiled a 76-year-old volunteer pilot identified as “Clyde,” who reportedly flies women between Texas and New Mexico through Elevated Access while expressing confidence that local Texas anti-trafficking ordinances will not stop their operations. According to the report, the pilot compared potential enforcement efforts to civil-rights-era arrests and suggested federal protections would ultimately shield abortion-related transportation activity from legal consequences. Abortion Free New Mexico strongly rejects those claims. “These activists are not merely offering rides,” Shaver continued. “They are building coordinated interstate systems designed to move women across state lines for the purpose of ending unborn human life while attempting to shield themselves behind nonprofit structures, donor networks, and political activism.” The organization also noted that more than 70 Texas cities, along with multiple counties, have now adopted Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinances or related measures prohibiting abortion trafficking through private civil enforcement mechanisms. Earlier this month, Muleshoe, Texas became one of the latest Texas cities to criminalize abortion trafficking, with local officials voting 4–1 to pass a Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance. During public testimony before the vote, Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico warned that New Mexico’s expanding abortion infrastructure and interstate transportation systems are increasingly impacting neighboring states and exposing vulnerable women and minors to coordinated abortion-access networks operating across state lines. The effort was spearheaded by Mark Lee Dickson, founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative, which has worked with communities across the nation to pass local ordinances prohibiting abortion trafficking and related abortion-support activities. “As more Texas cities and counties adopt ordinances prohibiting abortion trafficking and interstate abortion coordination, organizations helping facilitate these transportation networks are raising increasingly serious legal and ethical questions that deserve full public scrutiny and investigation,” said Shaver. “No organization should assume it is immune from accountability simply because it operates under nonprofit or religious branding.” Abortion Free New Mexico is also calling for increased scrutiny regarding whether organizations actively facilitating abortion travel and abortion-access coordination should continue receiving nonprofit tax-exempt protections. “Faith-based organizations helping coordinate abortion transportation networks while working to circumvent existing state laws protecting unborn children should face serious scrutiny regarding their nonprofit tax-exempt status,” Shaver added. “Americans should not be forced to subsidize organizations facilitating the destruction of innocent human life under the guise of charity or religion.” Abortion Free New Mexico is calling for federal review of nonprofit organizations involved in interstate abortion-access coordination, abortion transportation networks, and efforts aimed at circumventing state laws protecting unborn children.Abortion Free New Mexico further warned that the article comes amid growing concerns over New Mexico’s emergence as a national abortion destination state. “As SB 30 now takes effect and New Mexico eliminates abortion reporting requirements, international media outlets are simultaneously documenting how activist transportation networks are openly coordinating abortion travel into our state,” Shaver said. “The abortion industry is evolving into a coordinated interstate operation, and New Mexico politicians are helping create the environment where it can thrive. 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While activists organize, register voters, and aggressively shape culture, much of the Church retreats into silence — and New Mexico is collapsing under the consequences. By Bud Shaver, Our oldest daughter recently started a Turning Point USA homeschool chapter in New Mexico and began asking churches and youth groups if she could set up an informational table encouraging students to become informed and engaged citizens grounded in biblical values. Church after church refused. Not because she was promoting hatred, violence, or false doctrine. They refused because they simply said: “We don’t want to be political.”That phrase may sound humble. It may sound spiritual. It may even sound peaceful. But it has become one of the most dangerous lies crippling the modern Church. And nowhere are the consequences more obvious than in New Mexico. Roughly 63% of New Mexico adults identify as Christian or Catholic. Yet New Mexico remains one of the most radically pro-abortion states in America while simultaneously drowning in violent crime, addiction, corruption, family breakdown, and failing education systems. WalletHub recently ranked New Mexico: THE WORST STATE IN AMERICA TO RAISE A FAMILY (2026)New Mexico is also dead last in education and child welfare while ranking near the bottom nationally in health, safety, and socioeconomic stability. WalletHub also ranked New Mexico as having the biggest drug problem in the United States. These are not isolated statistics. They are symptoms of moral and cultural collapse. For decades, much of the Christian community — including Protestant churches and Catholic institutions — has embraced a soft Christianity that stays safely inside church walls while the culture outside collapses. The message too often sounds like this: “Pray privately. Worship quietly. Avoid controversy. Stay neutral.” But historic Christianity was never passive.The early Church confronted empires. The abolition movement was driven largely by Christians willing to challenge culture publicly. The Civil Rights Movement was led through churches and pastors willing to confront injustice despite enormous political opposition. Martin Luther King Jr. did not separate faith from public action. Imagine if those pastors had simply said: “We don’t want to be political.” History would look very different.Meanwhile, abortion activists, LGBT activists, and secular progressives organize relentlessly. They register voters, recruit young leaders, shape institutions, and aggressively influence culture year-round. But many churches and parishes will not even encourage civic engagement, voter registration, school board involvement, or political awareness because they “don’t want to be political.” That is not neutrality. That is surrender. Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico warns: “When Christians retreat from political life, evil does not become less political — it simply becomes less opposed. New Mexico is now living with the consequences of a silent Church.” Call to ActionWith crucial elections approaching in New Mexico and national midterms on the horizon, Christians and Catholics cannot afford to remain silent. Encourage your church or parish to host a TPUSA homeschool chapter table, voter registration effort, civic engagement discussion, or Abortion Free New Mexico outreach event. Get out of the pews. Show up in the public square. Vote your values. Because if believers refuse to shape the culture, others already are. Related ReadingTara Shaver Testifies Before City Council as Community Approves Ordinance Addressing Abortion Trafficking and Cross-State Abortion Pipeline By Bud Shaver, MULESHOE, TEXAS -- The City of Muleshoe, Texas, officially voted 4–1 to adopt a Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance Monday evening, May 11, 2026, becoming the 97th city nationwide and the 80th city in Texas to pass an ordinance outlawing abortion and declaring their community a Sanctuary City for the Unborn. The ordinance was adopted following a successful citizen initiative petition effort led by local residents and supported by the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative founded by Mark Lee Dickson. The ordinance prohibits:
Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico traveled to Muleshoe to testify before the city council regarding New Mexico’s growing role as a regional abortion destination following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Shaver’s testimony highlighted the alarming number of Texas women traveling to Albuquerque abortion facilities, where some clinics have reportedly acknowledged that between 85% and 95% of abortion clients are Texas residents. Abortion Free New Mexico currently maintains a billboard in Muleshoe warning about New Mexico’s expanding abortion industry and encouraging Texas women to seek support and alternatives to abortion rather than traveling across state lines into New Mexico for abortions. The billboard also reminds residents that Texas laws exist to protect both mothers and unborn children. The campaign is part of a broader effort to raise awareness about New Mexico’s growing role as a regional abortion destination following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. “The billboard we fully funded and placed in Muleshoe was strategically located near the New Mexico-Texas border because that corridor has become a major pathway for women traveling into New Mexico for abortions,” said Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico. “Our goal was to reach Texas mothers before crossing state lines and remind them that Texas laws are intended to protect both women and their unborn children. New Mexico has become an abortion destination with very limited oversight, no parental notification protections for minors, and decreasing public accountability. Communities like Muleshoe are sending a message that women deserve support, protection, and real alternatives that uphold the dignity and safety of both mother and child.” During her testimony, Shaver also warned city leaders about the dangers posed to vulnerable minors transported across state lines into New Mexico for abortions, emphasizing that abortion can conceal abuse rather than stop it. “In some situations, the very person transporting a minor for an abortion may also be the person exploiting her,” Shaver said during testimony. “Abortion does not remove that abuse — it can instead cover it up and return vulnerable girls back into the same dangerous situations.” The Muleshoe vote represents the latest pushback against what pro-life advocates describe as an expanding abortion pipeline into New Mexico, where abortion facilities operate under some of the least restrictive abortion laws in the nation. Mark Lee Dickson, founder of Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn, praised the citizens of Muleshoe for their leadership and perseverance throughout the petition process. “Way to go, Muleshoe,” said Dickson. “This vote would not have been possible without the residents who gathered signatures and stood for the protection of pregnant mothers and unborn children. Muleshoe has now joined dozens of Texas communities taking a stand against abortion trafficking and the exploitation of vulnerable women and children.” According to Dickson, "Since August 2023, 48 political subdivisions have passed ordinances substantially identical to the Muleshoe ordinance. The Muleshoe ordinance marks the 13th Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance adopted in 2026 alone." Abortion Free New Mexico says the ordinance also represents a positive step toward reducing the number of women traveling into New Mexico for abortions while raising awareness about the lack of abortion oversight and accountability in the state. “Every mother who chooses life instead of traveling to New Mexico for an abortion is a victory for both mother and child,” Shaver added. “This movement is growing because people are realizing abortion trafficking is not compassion — real compassion protects women, minors, families, and unborn children together.” Abortion Free New Mexico says the Muleshoe ordinance reflects a growing national response to the increasing flow of women and minors traveling across state lines for abortions following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The organization says communities are increasingly recognizing that protecting women and children requires both legal safeguards and public accountability — especially as New Mexico continues positioning itself as a regional abortion destination with some of the least restrictive abortion laws in the nation.
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