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Carter Sherman

Texas city to vote on ban on people helping patients traveling for abortion

People in Amarillo march through downtown to protest a lawsuit to ban the abortion drug mifepristone on 11 February 2023.
People in Amarillo march through downtown to protest a lawsuit to ban the abortion drug mifepristone on 11 February 2023. Photograph: Justin Rex/AP

A city nestled in the northern tip of Texas, which was at the heart of a major US supreme court case over abortion rights this year, has found itself at the forefront of the abortion wars once again.

Come November, residents of Amarillo, Texas, will vote on an ordinance that would declare Amarillo a “sanctuary city for the unborn” and ban people from helping patients travel through Amarillo to access abortions – what the ordinance calls “abortion trafficking”. It would also ban people from possessing or distributing abortion pills within Amarillo city limits.

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