By Bud Shaver,
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Marva Sadler, a longtime Whole Woman’s Health senior clinical director who became a key figure in the abortion provider’s expansion from Texas into New Mexico, says she has lost her job after 18 years and does not intend to return to the same line of work.
Marva Sadler relocated to Albuquerque after Whole Woman’s Health closed its Texas abortion facilities and helped establish the organization’s
New Mexico operation.In a recent public
Facebook post, Sadler described losing her job as a
“bad breakup,” writing:
“losing my job after 18 years really was harder than I wanted to admit.”
Days later, while describing cleaning out her closet and getting rid of her medical scrubs, Sadler wrote:
I absolutely do not intend to return to work in that capacity again.”
Sadler did not identify her employer in the posts or explain the circumstances surrounding her job loss. However, an extensive public record documents her nearly two-decade career with Whole Woman’s Health and her senior role within the organization.
WHO IS MARVA SADLER? FROM TEXAS TO NEW MEXICO
Marva Sadler held significant clinical and operational responsibilities within Whole Woman’s Health for years.
In federal litigation challenging Texas Senate Bill 8, Sadler was identified as Senior Director of Clinical Services for Whole Woman’s Health and Whole Woman’s Health Alliance. Court filings stated that she oversaw clinical operations at the organizations’ Texas clinics and was personally involved in aspects of patient care.
Sadler was also present during a pivotal period for Whole Woman’s Health in Texas. In August 2021, as the state’s heartbeat law was about to take effect, Whole Woman’s Health publicly identified Sadler as its Senior Director of Clinical Services and reported that she was working at its Fort Worth facility as staff continued seeing patients ahead of the law’s midnight effective time.
Following the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision, Whole Woman’s Health closed its Texas abortion facilities and expanded into New Mexico. The organization subsequently documented equipment and supplies from its closed Texas facilities being moved into Albuquerque and identified Sadler as its Senior Director of Clinical Services and a new Albuquerque resident.
When Whole Woman’s Health of New Mexico opened on March 23, 2023, Sadler was prominently involved in announcing the new facility. Whole Woman’s Health again identified her as Senior Director of Clinical Services and quoted her describing the Albuquerque location as the organization’s “next chapter.” The organization said more than $300,000 had been raised to establish the facility.
Independent reporting further documented Sadler’s lengthy tenure. In 2024, The Wall Street Journalreported that she had worked at Whole Woman’s Health clinics in Texas for 17 years before moving to Albuquerque and photographed her preparing a procedure room at the New Mexico facility.
Taken together, the public record shows that Sadler was not simply an employee at the Albuquerque facility. She held senior clinical responsibilities, oversaw operations in Texas, represented Whole Woman’s Health publicly and relocated to Albuquerque as the organization established its New Mexico operation.
ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ONE YEAR AFTER AFNM’S WATER REPORT
Sadler’s announcement comes approximately one year after Abortion Free New Mexico documented Whole Woman’s Health of New Mexico remaining open to arriving patients while the Albuquerque abortion facility lacked running water.
On August 16, 2025, AFNM’s team was outside the facility as part of its ongoing presence at the Albuquerque location when Water Authority personnel arrived at the property. AFNM reported that abortion patients continued entering the facility during that period. Photographs taken at the scene show Sadler and her husband working at the property while efforts were underway to get the water back on.
The incident raised questions about compliance with New Mexico facility requirements concerning safe and sanitary water and hot and cold running water.
Sadler has not publicly stated why she lost her job or whether her departure is related to conditions at the Albuquerque facility.
“For nearly two decades, Marva Sadler was deeply involved in Whole Woman’s Health’s clinical operations and became a key figure in bringing its abortion operation from Texas to New Mexico. Now, after 18 years, Sadler says she has lost her job and does not intend to return to this work. Her departure marks a significant change for an organization she helped lead for nearly two decades,” stated Tara Shaver of Abortion Free New Mexico.
”Since Whole Woman’s Health opened in Albuquerque, our team has consistently prayed for Marva, reached out to her with the love of Christ, and encouraged her to leave the abortion industry. We sincerely hope this unexpected change becomes an opportunity for a new beginning—one where she can walk away from the abortion industry for good.
— Tara Shaver, Leader, Abortion Free New Mexico
Sadler’s public statements do not say whether she was fired, laid off, whether her position was eliminated, or whether her departure will affect Whole Woman’s Health’s Albuquerque operations.
What is clear from the public record is that after approximately 18 years with Whole Woman’s Health—including years in senior clinical leadership and a central role in the organization’s move into New Mexico—Sadler says that chapter of her career is over.
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