The Dallas City Council will vote Wednesday on a resolution that would limit the use of city resources to investigate abortion-related criminal cases.
ObserverThe first release from June 24 was a stating his intention to continue using discretion in pursuing justice on behalf of all Dallas citizens and his assurance that his office will not stand in the way of women seeking healthcare.
“Bans on abortion disproportionately impact the poor, women of color and other vulnerable populations, and endanger public safety,” the statement reads. “Which goes against the very core of policies I was elected to put in place.”, adding that using an interpretation of murder that has no grounding in the law to punish women is “beyond the pale and will have devastating consequences.”
“Women will be afraid to seek medical treatment even if they are dying,” the release continued. “We cannot condone such cruelty or this distorted use of our criminal legal system. And we promise to continue fighting for the rights of women in this state and elsewhere and using our discretion as prosecutors to avoid these tragic results.”has said she intends to prosecute abortion law violations. “Prosecutors do not make the law — we follow it,” Wilson wrote on Twitter in July. “We followed Roe v.
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