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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
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Jayme Lozano Carver

Lubbock County becomes latest to approve “abortion travel ban” while Amarillo City Council balks

Downtown Lubbock on July 6, 2023.
Downtown Lubbock on July 6, 2023. (Credit: Trace Thomas for The Texas Tribune)

LUBBOCK — Three county commissioners approved an ordinance Monday that would bar pregnant Texas women from traveling through the unincorporated area of Lubbock County for an abortion in another state. But the effort pushed by anti-abortion activists hit a road block in Amarillo Tuesday, after the city council said they would not immediately vote on a similar rule.

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