Lubbock votes to ban abortion, setting up likely legal fight

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Source: AP

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Lubbock voters have approved a measure aimed at outlawing abortion in the West Texas city, a move likely to prompt legal action from opponents who call it an unconstitutional ban on the procedure.

Residents voted Saturday to declare Lubbock a “sanctuary city for the unborn,” bypassing the City Council’s rejection of the proposal last year over concerns that it would be unenforceable and tie the city up in costly litigation.

The proposition was approved with 62% of the vote, according to the unofficial tally from Lubbock County. It’s unclear when it would go into effect.

The vote came amid a flurry of measures to restrict abortion that Republican-controlled cities and states have passed with the hope of leading the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.



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[Hulk]

1. Maybe Austin can ease abortion regulations?

I know it isn't the answer...but these MF"rs are begging for a Supreme Court challenge case, so our religious fanatics in the Supreme Court can overturn Roe vs Wade.

I often think of texas as some goofy state stuck in the confederate battle of the Nineteenth Century....but there are parts of Texas that are actually living in the Twenty-first Century as well. Maybe they need to gear up. If you have to drive from Lubbock to Austin for an abortion...beats the hell out of giving them what they want...to overturn Roe vs. Wade.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. K&R

[mdbl]

3. If there is one state that needs abortion

it's Texas

[mountain grammy]

4. It's women's health care..

Damn the stupidity.. damn these nitwits.

[riversedge]

5. So many people can not find their own business. Repugs are NOT for decreased regulations

when it comes to women's health and family planning. damn them all.

[andym]

6. Amy Barrett is expected by many observers to be the key vote to make abortion illegal

by overturning Roe V Wade. We will see. The effects of such a decision will send shock waves across American politics. Given the SC will probably not be changing much in ideological balance for years, it's a decision that will exist for a long time.

[turbinetree]

7. So the state crashes during a snow storm and people died, the people of this country send them aid

and then in Lubbock instead of focusing on the power grid, they decide to go after a woman's right to privacy and choice...........

[C Moon]

8. Republicans have been playing the abortion card since the 80's.

It's getting old, GOP. I guess that's why you're called the grand OLD party.

[mdbl]

9. That's not what I call them