The dismissal of this case by the court will ensure that the abortion debate is left to the "battlefield of speech."
Little River-Academy joined 49 other cities of all sizes in declaring itself a “Sanctuary City for the Unborn.”
Two new members on the Odessa City Council voted to pass a Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance almost immediately after taking the oaths of office.
Residents of Abilene, Athens, San Angelo, and Plainview adopted ordinances further protecting the rights of unborn children in those cities.
Abilene, Athens, San Angelo, and Plainview will decide whether to join the over 40 municipalities that have become “Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn."
Before the Texas Supreme Court, the Lilith Fund and Mark Lee Dickson clashed over whether statements by a pro-life activist could be considered defamation.
Originally an end run around Roe, civil liability for abortions seems likely to expand in Texas law and local ordinances.
At the Texas GOP convention, reporters for The Texan talked with Republican grassroots leaders across the Lone Star State.
Mark Lee Dickson's social media posts and the ordinances he championed in several Texas cities have both called abortion funds "criminal."
If passed, the ordinance would ban the abortion of any “unborn resident” of Athens, even if the abortion took place outside city limits.
Nearly all incorporated cities in Leon County have passed similar ordinances, including Centerville, Leona, Jewett, and Marquez.
The "Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn" initiative has evolved substantially to present Abilene with one of the strictest ordinances yet.
