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Last month, City Council members approved the $3.7 billion budget, San Antonio’s largest, which included half a million dollars to establish a “reproductive justice fund.” The city has not yet said how that money will be spent; during city council hearings, advocates talked mostly about using it to support health education, access to emergency contraception and testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
The lawsuit claims that providing taxpayer dollars to these organizations violates the law, even if the funds aren’t used to directly pay for out-of-state abortions. “A decision has not been made on how that money will be used,” Segovia said in a statement. “The City Council will have an open work session to discuss the use of the funds that will be managed by the City’s Metro Health Department. The funds will be distributed in accordance with state and federal laws.”
As part of this lawsuit, Mitchell sent litigation-hold letters to the funds, requiring them to retain documentation of any and all abortions they helped pay for since September 1, 2021.
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