Pro-choice activists are calling for San Antonio City Council to pass legislation aimed at symbolically decriminalizing abortion.
“The GRACE Act does not supersede state law,” Austin Councilman José “Chito” Vela wrote on that. “It is a statement of policy that provides guidelines for the city on how to prioritize enforcement of the abortion ban among hundreds of more important crimes, and it determines the amount of funds which can be dedicated to the project. It does not conflict with the state’s designation of abortion as a crime, and it does not prohibit or limit the investigation of any crime.
“The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, despite overwhelming support for legal abortion access, is an attack on a person’s autonomy of their own bodies, lives, and futures,” Castillo said in an email to the San Antonio Report. “This decision leaves millions of people vulnerable to criminalization for accessing health care.”
Prosecuting those seeking or performing abortions is not on the minds of residents that Councilman John Courage said he has encountered at recent forums and community conversations regarding crime.
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