At a New Mexico abortion clinic, calls flood in from Texas and wait time for appointments grows

Ale Arriola answers calls at the UNM Center for Reproductive Health in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday morning, June 30, 2022. Due to an influx of out-of-state patients, the clinic is booked four weeks out. (Credit: Gabriela Campos for the Texas Tribune)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — With sympathy in their voices, the receptionists at the University of New Mexico Center for Reproductive Health relayed the same news into the phone over and over again Wednesday morning.

“We’re scheduling about four weeks out.”