The reality of New Mexico’s battle to keep up with surging abortion demand

Since Texas passed a law outlawing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy last September, Eve Espey, a professor at the University of New Mexico and founder of its center for reproductive health, has seen plenty of needless suffering. One story, in particular, sticks with her.

The patient had a pregnancy complicated by a lethal fetal condition that was clear on an early ultrasound.

“She knew at 11 weeks that this was not a pregnancy that could survive,” Espey told The Independent. “And because of all those barriers, she came to use at 16 weeks.”