21 Texas cities, 8 counties pass ‘Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn’ordinances

(The Center Square) – This year, 21 cities and eight counties passed “Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn” ordinances in Texas. This brings the totals to 74 cities and 14 counties in Texas that have passed them since 2019.

In general, the ordinances ban abortion, abortion trafficking, the mailing of abortion pills and disposing of aborted preborn babies’ remains in their jurisdictions.

The ordinances were passed after a movement was launched in deep east Texas by prolife activist Mark Lee Dickson, who founded the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative.

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Texas’ abortion ban went into effect, the movement expanded to address concerns that girls and women were being trafficked through Texas cities and counties to have abortions in other states. This includes some against their will and those who’d been sexually abused, prolife activists have argued.

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