After 12 years in the Texas House, Rep. John Frullo chose retirement and now four GOP candidates are vying to succeed him.
Insiders say Abilene's city attorney has cautioned the mayor about the proposed ban, a common trend among even the reddest Texas towns.
The local ban passed by a citywide vote after the council, wary of litigation, rejected it. Now, it's weathered a Planned Parenthood lawsuit.
The activist behind the initiative says it's common for city leaders in Republican areas to avoid the proposal.
While challenges to the Texas Heartbeat Act continue in state and federal court, local towns are outlawing abortion one at a time.
“I am proud to welcome Leprino Foods and their new manufacturing facility, and hundreds of new jobs and investment, to West Texas," said Abbott.
The ordinances in participating Texas "sanctuaries" have evolved and possibly culminated in the small town of Sterling City.
The diocese's handling of an alleged sexual misconduct instance is a matter of ecclesiastical rather than civil law, the court decided.
“Plaintiffs admit that this Court cannot force the city to revoke or amend its ordinance," Judge Hendrix wrote.
Planned Parenthood claims the Lubbock ordinance runs afoul of both the U.S. and Texas Constitutions, echoing concerns of city leaders.
Ten days after Lubbock took the same action, its northward neighbor Abernathy passed a local law banning abortions in town limits.
Attorneys, local politicians, Planned Parenthood, and ordinance herald Mark Lee Dickson chime in on the landmark vote.
