STATE OF EMERGENCY: TEXAS WOMAN INJURED AT NEW MEXICO PLANNED PARENTHOOD

By Bud Shaver

​Albuquerque, New Mexico- On Friday, September 12, 2025, Abortion Free New Mexico received footage showing a woman who was apparently injured during an abortion at the Albuquerque Planned Parenthood. Her condition is currently unknown. A van with Texas license plates followed the ambulance to the hospital. 

Over 95% of out-of-state women obtaining abortions in New Mexico are coming from Texas.

Here are some troubling facts about abortion in New Mexico. 

• In 2023, about 14,200 women from Texas traveled to New Mexico to obtain abortions, bypassing Texas abortion laws.
• New Mexico does not license or inspect abortion clinics as Ambulatory Surgical Centers in the same way many states regulate facilities that provide abortions.
• New Mexico no longer requires by law that only licensed physicians provide abortions. The 1969 statute with that restriction was repealed in 2021 (SB 10). 
• There’s no New Mexico law explicitly requiring abortion clinics to call 911 in every injury/complication. This makes it difficult to document abortion injuries for public accountability.
• In 2022, a $1.265 million wrongful death and medical malpractice settlement was reached against The University of New Mexico (UNM) and Southwestern Women’s Options after allegations that the clinic instructed a woman not to seek emergency care or call 911 if complications arose, but to instead call the clinic’s answering service, which ultimately resulted in her death. 
• Texas minors can obtain abortions in New Mexico without any parental involvement.
• Over 50 abortion related injuries have been documented by Abortion Free New Mexico leaders.

​Tara Shaver, spokeswoman for Abortion Free New Mexico issued the following statement,

In light of this most recent emergency at the Planned Parenthood megacenter in Albuquerque, in which a Texas woman was apparently injured, Abortion Free New Mexico leaders are requesting that Texas Governor Greg Abbott declare a state of emergency to warn Texas women of the dangers posed by traveling to New Mexico for an abortion.

This is a public health crisis that may require public alerts to be issued or more extreme measures to be taken to prevent Texas women from obtaining abortions in New Mexico. While some Texas women are needing emergency medical care while in New Mexico, how many are requiring medical intervention upon returning to their home state after an abortion complication arises? Abortion Free New Mexico is very concerned about the lives of Texas babies that are being murdered and the mothers being injured in the process."

Abortion Free New Mexico has placed billboards up in Texas to warn women of the dangers of traveling to New Mexico for abortions.