Roe v. Wade reversal could have ripple effect on NM health care

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : While some patients will have the ability to travel to New Mexico, Herring of Planned Parenthood said many others will be unable to do so.
50% : Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, based out of Colorado, oversees four clinics in New Mexico, three of which provide abortion services.
50% : Though not protected by New Mexico's Constitution, abortion remains legal in the state.
49% : Herring said patients seeking a test for sexually transmitted infections, birth control prescriptions, pregnancy screenings and other routine medical procedures at Planned Parenthood may have to go to other providers who are already stretched thin.
48% : "New Mexico is in a health care crisis in general and that extends to reproductive health care," said Kayla Herring, director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains.
46% :"It's going to be an important challenge to make sure that people will know that abortion in New Mexico has been, and will remain, safe and legal," she said.
41% : Other states could also enact legislation restricting abortion.
40% : Herring said Planned Parenthood saw a similar increase in out-of-state abortion seekers following the enactment in May of an Oklahoma law that made providing an abortion a felony.
38% :So far, 13 states have trigger laws that will ban abortion within the next 30 days.
37% : "I really worry that we're going to see more women dying from pregnancy, because pregnancy is much more dangerous than abortion," she said.

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