As a growing number of city governments in Texas consider resolutions in support of reproductive rights, local leaders are stressing their actions won’t skirt state law.
“I think it's important for people to feel supported regardless,” said Karen Muñoz, an activist and graduate of St. Mary’s Law School in San Antonio. “It's important that my city government makes me feel that way when I feel as though the federal government and the state government aren’t supporting me.”“There's only so much we can do within our city charter, but we are allowed to encourage [the San Antonio Police Department] to deprioritize things,” she said.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas said the Texas law disregards that abortion is often necessary when medical complications — or even death — is possible during a pregnancy. “We need local leaders who will support Texans in a state that's hostile to reproductive rights,” Adriana Piñon, ACLU of Texas' interim legal director, said in a statement. “Municipalities must take bold action now to protect constituents' privacy, healthcare and civil rights — by setting priorities for its employees, including the police, and not using local funds to pursue abortion-related investigations.
The Dallas City Council will consider a resolution of its own this month that would also make investigating abortions a low priority, D Magazine
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