The clinic is now headed to Las Cruces, New Mexico, about 40 miles north of El Paso, Texas.
Those states have enacted, or plan to establish, near-total abortion bans following the Supreme Court case this summer.In the meantime, her clinic is referring patients in Mississippi that are still calling the Jackson Women's Health Organization for help to other locations out of state.
"We've probably referred 100 people yesterday to a nearby state," she said. Many of her patients ended up in Columbus, Ga. She believes many women in states without access to the procedure will need to travel to get an abortion now.In Las Cruces, Derzis said she is preparing to handle a lot of cases. Those will likely be women further along in their pregnancies.
"You don't normally find out you're pregnant until you're further along than six weeks in a pregnancy. So by the time travel and all of the rest of those things occur, you're talking about women who are going to be further in their pregnancy, so we're certainly expecting that," she said."And that, again, is another problem with these type of laws. You're forcing women into later gestational ages, and the risks do increase at that stage.
Derzis doesn't believe the legal fight will end anytime soon. She believes even as she moves to another more receptive state, she has a target on her back. "I see many, many years of litigation ahead of us," she said."But as long as it is legal in the state in which we are providing the service, I intend to do that."Keep up with all the latest news, arts and culture, and TV highlights from KPBS.
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