Three Texas towns have joined the initiative since August began, all with unanimous votes: Eastland, Leona, and Crawford.
The mayor of Centerville says the city attorney advised him and the city council to avoid the proposal, which outlaws abortion in city limits.
The ordinances in participating Texas "sanctuaries" have evolved and possibly culminated in the small town of Sterling City.
The two towns are neighbors in the Panhandle, where "Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn" have quickly multiplied.
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.
The measure passed overwhelmingly. It allows the living kin of aborted children to sue their abortionists and those who aided the procedure.
Though Latexo has a population of about 300, the ripples of the initiative are beginning to reach larger urban centers.
“Every single child is worth life," Councilwoman Alisa Griffis said at the Tuesday meeting, where Murchison banned abortions in town limits.
The small town’s all-female city commission voted unanimously to adopt the ordinance, which empowers the living kin of aborted children to sue their abortionists.
The town opted to outlaw abortion within its city limits by a unanimous vote.
To discourage abortion providers from setting up shop in their town, the Goldsmith City Council approved a "Sanctuary City for the Unborn" ordinance.
The ordinance holds the abortion provider — not the mother — liable to the living relatives of the aborted child.
The Ackerly City Council voted unanimously last night to ban abortion in city limits. Lubbock and Odessa may do the same.
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.
Morton is the 16th city to pass an ordinance deeming itself a "Sanctuary City for the Unborn." Supporters hope Lubbock is next.
The city council of East Mountain agreed to an ordinance effectively prohibiting abortion within city limits in a 3-0 vote with 2 abstentions.
The small West Texas town of Whiteface passed an ordinance on Thursday night to ban abortion within city limits.
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two pro-choice activist organizations in Texas against seven cities that have declared themselves "sanctuary cities for the unborn."
