Soon after Dr. Mai Fleming finished her medical residency in the San Francisco Bay Area, she got to work on her Texas medical license. The family medicine doctor had no intention of moving there but invested nine months to master Texas medical law, submit to background checks, get fingerprinted and pay hundreds of dollars in licensing fees.
It’s a process she has since completed for more than a dozen other states — most recently New Mexico, in February.
“Where I live is an area where abortion is really readily accessible,” said Fleming, who practices in San Francisco. “My approach has been to broaden access beyond my geographic bubble.”
