Fight over Texas anti-abortion transport bans reaches biggest battlegrounds yet
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A patient looks at her ultrasound before proceeding with a medical abortion at Alamo Women's Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., August 23, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
A few hours north, the Amarillo City Council on Tuesday will weigh its own law, which could lead to a future council or city-wide vote. Several supporters who spoke at the Lubbock meeting were affiliated with anti-abortion organizations near the New Mexico-Texas border. The greater impact of the ordinances so far appears to be how each side is using them to galvanize voters and pursue bigger political goals heading into an election year in which abortion remains a hot-button issue.
At Monday's meeting in Lubbock County, Dickson stressed the importance of passing the transport ban at a time"where a lot is changing in our culture." He described the current U.S. government as the"most aggressive pro-abortion administration in the history of America." Once elected, the candidates he backed not only declared Odessa a"sanctuary city," but also adopted the state's first abortion transport ban and took other steps Dickson supported, such as rejecting state and federal COVID-19-related mandates.
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