A local law and a federal case aimed at limiting access to abortion were both rejected this week, marking a win for reproductive-rights advocates.
The vote is a win for abortion rights advocates, largely because of Amarillo’s proximity to New Mexico. Last year alone, more than 14,000 Texans crossed into New Mexico to receive an abortion,, and with other Panhandle and West Texas cities enacting travel bans similar to the one proposed in Amarillo, the stand against the ordinance is a significant one.
I will again be re-filing my bill to prohibit Texas cities and counties from enacting these unconstitutional, big-government, unthinkably invasive attacks on…Some cities along the path between North Texas and New Mexico — Abilene, San Angelo, Odessa and Lubbock — have passed bans on using city roads for travel to an abortion procedure.
morning, with the court finding the group of anti-abortion doctors who challenged the Food and Drug Administration’s guidance on access to the pill did not have legal standing to sue. “We recognize that many citizens, including the plaintiff doctors here, have sincere concerns about and objections to others using mifepristone and obtaining abortions. But citizens and doctors do not have standing to sue simply because others are allowed to engage in certain activities.