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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Jayme Lozano Carver

With no opposition in the room, a rural Texas county makes traveling for an abortion on its roads illegal

Abortion Texas Mark Lee Dickson New Mexico
Mark Lee Dixon talks during the meeting. Members of the public talk about abortion issues during the Cochran County Commissioners meeting Thursday morning, Sept. 28, 2023.
Mark Lee Dickson spoke at the Cochran County Commissioners meeting Thursday morning, Sept. 28. Dickson, an anti-abortion advocate, supports a new policy that forbids using county roads to seek an abortion. (Credit: Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribune)

MORTON — Commissioners in this rural Texas county that borders New Mexico on Thursday gave their unanimous blessing to a legally dubious policy that effectively outlaws travel on its local roads to seek an abortion.

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