Civil SocietyLocal NewsCarbon, Texas Becomes 20th ‘Sanctuary City for the Unborn’
The town opted to outlaw abortion within its city limits by a unanimous vote.
The town opted to outlaw abortion within its city limits by a unanimous vote.
The extension is a temporary restraining order against the state, though a more lasting ruling is expected in the coming week.
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast compared the congregation, which prays outside their facility every month, to the U.S. Capitol rioters.
“It is appalling that such a large number of abortion surgical centers are located within walking distance of minority communities,” said Shaheen.
A years-long legal battle was set to remove Planned Parenthood from the state's list of Medicaid providers just yesterday.
The measure would also let insurance companies cover non-emergency abortions under their regular plans, which have been banned since 2017.
The ordinance holds the abortion provider — not the mother — liable to the living relatives of the aborted child.
Months after an appeal was filed by Planned Parenthood, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that a Fifth Circuit opinion upholding Abbott's emergency abortion ban be vacated.
Abortion providers have called the requirement an undue burden since it could send a woman seeking abortions on two trips to the clinic.
Texas’ health department released new data showing that both total abortions and the number of infants born after failed abortions increased in 2019.
The Ackerly City Council voted unanimously last night to ban abortion in city limits. Lubbock and Odessa may do the same.
Most council members said they clung to pro-life beliefs themselves but felt the ordinance would violate the law and open the door to lawsuits.
A split decision last month found the dismemberment ban unconstitutional. The State of Texas will defend it again before the whole court.
Though the City of Lubbock avoided the proposal, a petition has forced the "Sanctuary City for the Unborn" ordinance onto the agenda.
County Judge Rob Kelly declared the "Sanctuary County for the Unborn" resolution dead last week. A revote revived it.
The court ruled 2-1 that requiring abortion providers to "cause fetal demise" inside the womb, instead of on the way out, is burdensome.
Morton is the 16th city to pass an ordinance deeming itself a "Sanctuary City for the Unborn." Supporters hope Lubbock is next.
Local leaders hope their northward neighbor Lubbock takes heed of their action and follows suit to become a Sanctuary City for the Unborn.
State legislators and activists have urged Lubbock to become a "Sanctuary City for the Unborn" before a Planned Parenthood facility is built.
A pro-life group is suing the City of Austin for providing $250,000 in funding to aid women seeking abortions.