The ordinance allows citizens to sue anyone who assists a person in traveling to get an abortion in Lubbock County, Texas, or even traveling through the area to seek care elsewhere.
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.
FOX 26 Houston is now on the FOX LOCAL app available through Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, Roku and Google Android TV!"Guys, I long for the day , coast to coast, abortion is considered a great moral, social and political wrong and is outlawed in every single state," Dickson told commissioners. "Texans already live under some of the most restrictive and dangerous abortion bans in the country, yet anti-abortion extremists continue to push additional unnecessary, confusing and fear-inducing barriers to essential healthcare," said spokesperson Autumn Keiser.
More than 60 other cities have also approved similar measures, according to Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn.
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