With abortion in Texas being outlawed from the moment of conception, Amarillo has become an abortion trafficking hub connecting abortion-free states like Texas to abortion-access states like New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas. After much back and forth attempting to see their City Council approve such a measure, residents have now sent the Ordinance to the ballot for voters to decide this November.
The increase of Texas residents traveling out of state for abortion may be higher than one would expect. In New Mexico, abortion provider Amy Hagstrom Miller shared with KUT News, “Nearly all of the appointments made at Whole Woman’s Health in Albuquerque have been made by Texans.”
In an interview with National Public Radio, it was reported that 85% of abortion provider Alan Braid’s business at Alamo Women’s Clinic in Albuquerque comes from Texas. Braid told the news outlet that…
