Amarillo residents will vote on a so-called abortion travel ban in November, marking the first time any voters in Texas will have a say in abortion rights since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. Supporters of the measure, who successfully gathered 6,300 signatures to petition for approval of the ordinance, submitted their request to city officials to have it placed on the Nov. 5 ballot, per local rules, after the Amarillo City Council rejected it last month.
After the Amarillo City Council balked at passing the ordinance last year, residents began collecting signatures to petition to have the council consider the measure, and to place it on a local ballot if it wasn’t passed by the council. Last month, the council rejected both the original ordinance and an amended version that would have declared the city a “sanctuary city for the unborn” and prohibited using city roads and highways to seek an abortion out of state.
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