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Erum Salam

Texas sheriff says he ‘will not persecute’ those seeking an abortion

Abortion rights demonstrators march near the state capitol building in Austin, Texas, on 25 June.
Abortion rights demonstrators march near the state capitol building in Austin, Texas, on 25 June. Photograph: Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty Images

A Texas sheriff, whose beat largely includes the city of San Antonio, has declared he would not be pursuing those in his jurisdiction who choose to get an abortion after the supreme court scrapping of federal abortion rights.

In a Facebook post he shared on Tuesday, Bexar county sheriff Javier Salazar wrote of his “two beautiful and intelligent” daughters, who he said had a right to choose what to do with their own bodies.

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