County commissioners in Lubbock County, Texas, have voted to ban transporting another person on its roads to receive an abortion. The commission voted 3-0 Monday to declare itself a “Sanctuary County for the Unborn,” making it the largest of four Texas and two New Mexico counties to approve the ordinance.
LUBBOCK, Texas — Commissioners in a west Texas county have banned drivers from transporting a person seeking an abortion, making it the largest of five counties, three in Texas, that have approved the measure.
No violations of the travel prohibition, now approved in four Texas and two New Mexico counties, have been reported and the ordinance does not apply to the person seeking an abortion.AP Top 25 Takeaways: Franklin, Penn State still chasing elite; Big 12 race takes twist; UVA’s upset How the ban would be enforced is a question, according to health law expert Seema Mohapatra, a law professor at Southern Methodist University.
Lubbock County has about 317,000 residents and far outnumbers the population of the three other Texas counties — Mitchell, Goliad and Cochran — that have approved the ordinance in recent months, with each county’s population counting fewer than 10,000 residents.
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