Abortion Rights Get a Win in Texas [View all]
Source: Newsweek
Published May 11, 2024 at 5:48 PM EDT | Updated May 11, 2024 at 7:02 PM EDT
A small Texas town unanimously voted against a proposed ordinance to declare itself a Sanctuary City for the Unborn on Thursday.
Following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022, leaving individual states to choose their own legal status on abortion, Texas enacted one of the strictest abortion bans in the United States. Texas' ban, which does not have exceptions for rape, incest or medical needs, goes into effect as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
However, since the measures were put into effect, cities across Texas have considered and passed ordinances, declaring themselves Sanctuary City for the Unborn. The ordinance is a continued strategy by conservative activists to further restrict abortion, which allows private citizens to sue anyone who provides or "aids or abets" an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
On Thursday, the Clarendon City Council voted 3-0 against the proposed ordinance to declare itself a sanctuary city.
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