2025 removed all doubt,” said Tara Shaver, spokeswoman for Abortion Free New Mexico. “New Mexico’s abortion system is designed to operate without oversight—and women are paying the price.”​

These articles form a documented public record,” Shaver said. “Different investigations, same conclusion—New Mexico operates without basic guardrails.”

Throughout 2025, NewMexicoSun.com documented what many New Mexicans now see plainly: abortion tourism didn’t happen by accident—it was invited. While abortion numbers surged after Roe, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham spent taxpayer dollars recruiting out-of-state abortion providers, courts stripped local communities of safeguards, and chemical abortions became the norm, all without basic oversight. Abortion is entrenched in New Mexico not because it is safe or compassionate, but because this administration chose ideology and industry expansion over women’s safety and accountability.”

When even New Mexico’s paper of record is reporting on abortion tourism, it confirms what state leaders refuse to acknowledge: New Mexico’s abortion policies are extreme, intentional, and nationally out of step. This isn’t fringe reporting—it’s mainstream journalism documenting a system that invites abortion tourism while ignoring accountability.”

— Tara Shaver, Spokeswoman, Abortion Free New Mexico

When these same warnings are appearing in Spanish-language media, it confirms that this is not a niche concern or a political talking point—it is a statewide reality impacting families across communities. Abortion tourism in New Mexico has become so extreme that it is now being documented across language and cultural lines, and state leaders can no longer claim ignorance.”

— Tara Shaver, Spokeswoman, Abortion Free New Mexico

This is not about ideology,” Tara Shaver concluded. “It’s about truth, accountability, and protecting human life in a state that has abandoned both. Women deserve real healthcare, real transparency, and real choices—not a system designed to shield an industry at their expense.”

New Mexico has become the nation’s unregulated abortion haven, and the result has been a trail of injured women, exploited minors, and a state government that refuses to acknowledge the crisis it created. Abortion tourism is not compassion—it’s a pipeline funneling vulnerable women and girls into facilities that operate without oversight, without inspections, and without consequences. New Mexicans deserve better, and the women brought here from across the country deserve protection, not political exploitation.”

New Mexico has become a magnet for dangerous, unregulated abortion practices—because the system was intentionally built that way. Women are being injured, trafficked across state lines, and left with life-threatening complications while the clinics responsible face zero accountability. This is a political crisis, a medical crisis, and a human rights crisis wrapped into one.”

Southwestern Women’s Options, UNM, Planned Parenthood, and Whole Woman’s Health operate in New Mexico without a single state inspection.
Women have been injured- with one confirmed patient DEATH, minors have been transported, and leaders like Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham pretend nothing is happening.
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This is a manufactured crisis—and we’re exposing every part of it.”
— Tara Shaver, Abortion Free New Mexico

New Mexico has become a refuge not for women, but for the abortion industry itself. With zero accountability and virtually no reporting requirements, abortion businesses have flooded into this state because they know they will never be questioned, never investigated, and never held to even the most basic medical standards. New Mexico has become a magnet for out-of-state abortion businesses and a pipeline for minors and vulnerable women being brought here for procedures that would be restricted or illegal in their own states,” said Tara Shaver, spokeswoman for Abortion Free New Mexico. 

This is not healthcare — it is exploitation.”

New Mexico has become the nation’s abortion destination by design, not by accident,” said Shaver. “We are calling for urgent federal review to protect women, safeguard minors, and ensure accountability for clinics operating without proper oversight.”