WATCH LIVE: The San Antonio City Council is poised for a hot debate on a resolution supporting abortion access.
, which will be discussed at a 1 p.m. special meeting of the City Council, would not legalize abortion in San Antonio, but would indicate support for women seeking the procedure. It would also make a policy recommendation not to use city funds -- outside of what is “clearly required” by state and federal law -- to catalog, collect or share with other government agencies information on instances of abortion strictly to pursue criminal investigations.
While a majority of the City Council already turned out to show support when the resolution, spearheaded by District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo, was unveiled last week, more than 70 people had already signed up to speak on the item by 11 a.m. Tuesday morning.The draft language is similar to the “GRACE Act,” short for “Guarding the Right to Abortion Care for Everyone,” which the Austin City Council passed on July 21.
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