LOS ANGELES — After California's attorney general warned Temecula against passing a local abortion ban, the City Council in a heated meeting Tuesday voted not to pursue the measure.
The council voted 4 to 1 not to include the antiabortion resolution on a future council agenda. Councilwoman Jessica Alexander, who had proposed the resolution to declare Temecula "a sanctuary city for Temecula's unborn," was the only vote in favor.
"It is our duty as City Council members to uphold the oath we took to the Constitution and protect the rights of our citizens, seen and unseen," Alexander, the director of Temecula's Birth Choice Center, said during Tuesday's meeting. "I am asking this body today to create a resolution that affirms Temecula stands for life, from conception to natural death."
