Rachel Monroe reports on a local referendum in Amarillo, Texas, that is part of a long-term effort to block abortions through the courts.
In recent years, a so-called sanctuary movement, which seeks to outlaw abortion by passing local ordinances, has persuaded a number of Texas cities—Lubbock, Abilene, San Angelo—to sign on. A pro-life ordinance would seem to be a slam dunk in a place like Amarillo, a conservative city in the Texas Panhandle that’s been called the “shiny brass buckle” of the Bible Belt.
was mobilizing. “Previous reproductive-rights work in Amarillo was mostly protesting, or connecting folks with mutual aid,” London said. “We knew we were going to have to get involved in a civic way that we hadn’t before.” Through public-information requests, they obtained a copy of the proposed ordinance, which was more than fifteen pages long. They began arranging meetings with council members to voice their concerns.
co-founder, said. The group took to calling him “Grandpa Tom.” “I will say, throughout this whole thing, they have been very pleasant to us,” Scherlen told me. “I never thought I would’ve been identified with them. It’s a shock to me and it’s a shock to everybody who knows me.” The council took up the ordinance at an October, 2023, meeting.
co-founder, said. “Language that isn’t, you know, woke.” Mireles mentioned that when she’d attended a national conference for reproductive-rights activists, in September, someone had asked her whether
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