69 U.S. CITIES AND 8 COUNTIES HAVE PASSED ORDINANCES OUTLAWING ABORTION*
69 U.S. CITIES AND 8 COUNTIES HAVE PASSED ORDINANCES OUTLAWING ABORTION*
Below you will find a series of articles, videos, and documents associated with the Amarillo Sanctuary City for the Unborn Initiative and the mechanisms and provisions contained therein.
Amarillo Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance (12-29-2023) (pdf)
DownloadList of Cities and Counties in the U.S. Which Have Passed SCFTU Ordinances (02-28-2024) (pdf)
DownloadThe First SCFTU Ordinance Drafted for Amarillo (12-13-21).docx (pdf)
DownloadSCFTU Amarillo Initiating Committee: November Ballot Declaration (06-28-24) (pdf)
DownloadTexas Elected Official Letter: Ordinances Prohibiting Abortion Trafficking (August 2023) (pdf)
DownloadNew Mexico Elected Official Letter: Texas Ordinances Prohibiting Abortion Trafficking (October 2023) (pdf)
DownloadThought Piece by Pastor Jimmy Witcher of Trinity Fellowship Church (01-06-24) (pdf)
DownloadLubbock County Commissioner Jason Corley's Letter to the Amarillo City Council (01-11-24) (pdf)
DownloadNIFLA: Letter to City of Amarillo in Support of SCFTU Ordinance (05-24-24) (pdf)
DownloadNIFLA: Letter to Hope Choice Pregnancy Center in Support of SCFTU Ordinance (05-24-24) (pdf)
DownloadNajvar Law Firm: Letter of Concern to City of Amarillo Regarding May 28th Agenda (05-28-24) (pdf)
DownloadAlliance for a Safe Texas: Letter to City of Amarillo in Support of SCFTU Ordinance (05-28-24) (pdf)
DownloadTexas Right To Life: Letter to City of Amarillo in Support of SCFTU Ordinance (05-28-24) (pdf)
DownloadThe Thomas More Society: Letter to City of Amarillo in Support of SCFTU Ordinance (06-14-24) (pdf)
DownloadARTICLES
Texas Scorecard (03-11-2024)
Amarillo by Morning: Abortion Clinic “Waste” Hauled into Texas City for Disposal
By Mark Lee Dickson and Tayte Ward
Life News (02-21-2024)
Prohibiting Abortion Trafficking Will Help Pregnancy Centers in the Texas Panhandle
By Mark Lee Dickson
Texas Tribune (02-09-2024)
ARTICLES
Texas Scorecard (03-11-2024)
Amarillo by Morning: Abortion Clinic “Waste” Hauled into Texas City for Disposal
By Mark Lee Dickson and Tayte Ward
Life News (02-21-2024)
Prohibiting Abortion Trafficking Will Help Pregnancy Centers in the Texas Panhandle
By Mark Lee Dickson
Texas Tribune (02-09-2024)
By Eleanor Klibanoff and William Melhado
USA Today (02-07-2024)
'Abolished from coast to coast': Anti-abortion movement looks to cities as target for bans
By Savannah Kuchar
Texas Scorecard (02-01-2024)
Statements by State Sen. Sparks and State Rep. Smithee on Anti-Abortion Ordinance Spark Responses
By Mark Lee Dickson
Texas Scorecard (01-27-2024)
Misinformation Abounds in Amarillo Regarding Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance
By Mark Lee Dickson
ABC 7 News (01-05-2024)
By David Bradley
The Texan (01-04-2024)
Amarillo Residents Undertake Citizen Abortion Prohibition Ordinance
By Kim Roberts
Texas Scorecard (12-29-2023)
Amarillo Citizens Begin Citizen Initiative Process to Prohibit Abortion Trafficking
By Mark Lee Dickson
ARTICLES
Texas Tribune (05-12-2022)
How Texas' powerful but fractured abortion opposition helped bring down Roe v. Wade
By Karen Brooks Harper and Eleanor Klibanoff
Texas Tribune (12-13-2021)
By Patrick Svitek, Eleanor Klibanoff
ARTICLES
Texas Tribune (05-12-2022)
How Texas' powerful but fractured abortion opposition helped bring down Roe v. Wade
By Karen Brooks Harper and Eleanor Klibanoff
Texas Tribune (12-13-2021)
By Patrick Svitek, Eleanor Klibanoff and Reese Oxner
Texas Tribune (12-12-2021)
Key Texas abortion opponent sees Supreme Court decision as validation to keep fighting
By Eleanor Klibanoff
WSJ (09-12-2021)
The Texas Abortion Law Is Unconventional Because It Had to Be
By Senator Bryan Hughes
ABC News (09-2021)
How the Texas abortion law may be enforced
By Meredith Deliso
AP (09-04-2021)
Origin Story of the Texas Law That Could Upend Roe v. Wade
By Jessica Gresko and Paul J. Weber
Texas Tribune (06-02-2021)
Lawsuit to block Lubbock's abortion ban is dismissed in court as the ordinance takes effect
By Shannon Najmabadi
ARTICLES
Live Action (12-24-2023)
'We never tell': Planned Parenthood helping minors travel 'every day' for abortions
By Carole Novielli
New York Times (10-24-2023)
In Texas, Local Laws to Prevent Travel for Abortions Gain Momentum
By David Goodman
Live Action (10-24-2023)
Fourth Texas county outlaws abortion and use of roads for ‘abortion traffi
ARTICLES
Live Action (12-24-2023)
'We never tell': Planned Parenthood helping minors travel 'every day' for abortions
By Carole Novielli
New York Times (10-24-2023)
In Texas, Local Laws to Prevent Travel for Abortions Gain Momentum
By David Goodman
Live Action (10-24-2023)
Fourth Texas county outlaws abortion and use of roads for ‘abortion trafficking’
By Mark Lee Dickson
Texas Scorecard (9-29-2023)
West Texas County Restricts Abortion Trafficking On Its Highways
By Emily Medeiros
The Texan (09-29-2023)
County on Texas-New Mexico Border Outlaws Abortion and Abortion Trafficking
By Kim Roberts
Live Action (08-07-2023)
Abortion Trafficking: Big Abortion's predatory luring of teens out-of-state and away from parents
By Carole Novielli
ARTICLES
The Atlantic (12-06-2023)
A Plan to Outlaw Abortion Everywhere
By Elaine Godfrey
Ms. Magazine (10-25-2023)
'Comstocked': How Extremists Are Exploiting a Victorian-Era Law To Deny Abortion Access
By Shoshanna Ehrlich
CNN (04-28-2023)
Comstock Act: The 150-year-old chasity law that may be the next big fight over abortion
By Tierney Sneed
Ari
ARTICLES
The Atlantic (12-06-2023)
A Plan to Outlaw Abortion Everywhere
By Elaine Godfrey
Ms. Magazine (10-25-2023)
'Comstocked': How Extremists Are Exploiting a Victorian-Era Law To Deny Abortion Access
By Shoshanna Ehrlich
CNN (04-28-2023)
Comstock Act: The 150-year-old chasity law that may be the next big fight over abortion
By Tierney Sneed
Arizona Mirror (04-27-2023)
Anti-Abortion legal strategy revives Comstock moral purity laws of late 1800s
By Elisha Brown
The Nation (04-26-2023)
The Poison Pill in the Mifepristone Lawsuit That Could Trigger a National Abortion Ban
By Amy Littlefield
The Huff Post (04-17-2023)
This 150-Year-Old Anti-Vice Law Is Now At The Center Of The Push To Ban Abortion
By Paul Blumenthal
Slate (04-15-2023)
A 150-Year-Old Law Could Ban Abortion Nationwide
By Dahlia Lithwick
Do the laws of the State of Texas already give “any person” the right of civil action against “anyone that aids or abets” an abortion by providing abortion-inducing drugs or by transporting them across state lines to an abortion provider?
In an Amarillo City Council Forum Message Board, Mayor Cole Stanley wrongly implied that the laws of t
Do the laws of the State of Texas already give “any person” the right of civil action against “anyone that aids or abets” an abortion by providing abortion-inducing drugs or by transporting them across state lines to an abortion provider?
In an Amarillo City Council Forum Message Board, Mayor Cole Stanley wrongly implied that the laws of the State of Texas already give “any person” the right to bring a civil action against “anyone who aids or abets” an abortion by providing abortion-inducing drugs or by transporting them across state lines to an abortion provider.
That is untrue. The Texas Heartbeat Act only allows civil actions to be brought in response to post-heartbeat abortions performed by Texas-licensed physicians. Most out-of-state abortionists are not licensed to practice medicine in Texas.
In addition, the Texas Heartbeat Act applies only to abortions performed in Texas, not abortions performed in other states. There is currently no way under state law for anyone to sue someone who aids or abets an out-of-state abortion unless: (1) The abortion was performed by a Texas-licensed physician; (2) The abortion occurred after a fetal heartbeat was detectable; AND (3) The abortion was a drug-induced abortion in which one or both of the abortion-inducing drugs was swallowed or ingested in Texas.
Response by Mark Lee Dickson and Attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell, authors of the proposed Amarillo Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance
If SB 8 (Texas 87th Legislative Session) only addresses abortions taking place after a detectable heartbeat, why are supporters of the Sanctuary City for the Unborn Initiative arguing that it can be used to support cities outlawing abortion from the point of conception?
Section 5 of the Texas Heartbeat Act amends the Texas Code Constructio
If SB 8 (Texas 87th Legislative Session) only addresses abortions taking place after a detectable heartbeat, why are supporters of the Sanctuary City for the Unborn Initiative arguing that it can be used to support cities outlawing abortion from the point of conception?
Section 5 of the Texas Heartbeat Act amends the Texas Code Construction Act to include the following provision:
“A statute may not be construed to restrict a political subdivision from regulating or prohibiting abortion in a manner that is at least as stringent as the laws of this state unless the statute explicitly states that political subdivisions are prohibited from regulating or prohibiting abortion in the manner described by the statute.” Tex. Gov’t Code § 311.036(b).
This explicitly allows municipalities to restrict abortion in ways that go beyond the current state laws of Texas.
Response by Mark Lee Dickson and Attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell, authors of the proposed Amarillo Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance
What does the proposed Amarillo Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance do that our current state law does not already do?
A lot. Current state law does nothing to punish individuals who traffic pregnant women across state lines for the purpose of abortion. It only outlaws and criminalizes abortions that occur within Texas. State law has
What does the proposed Amarillo Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance do that our current state law does not already do?
A lot. Current state law does nothing to punish individuals who traffic pregnant women across state lines for the purpose of abortion. It only outlaws and criminalizes abortions that occur within Texas. State law has no provisions protecting the unborn residents of our state who are taken to other states and murdered by out-of-state abortion providers. Current state law also has no provisions enforcing the federal Comstock Act’s prohibitions and the shipment and receipt of abortion-related paraphernalia.
Response by Mark Lee Dickson and Attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell, authors of the proposed Amarillo Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance
Understanding the Abilene, Texas, Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance with Attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell
The Need for the Abilene Ordinance in a Post-Roe Texas
Since Roe v. Wade has been overturned and abortion is outlawed in all of Texas, some are saying there is now no need for Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinances. Could you explain what the Abilene, Texas Ordinance does that the current laws of Texas do not already do?
Understanding the Abilene, Texas, Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance with Attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell
Why was the Abilene, Texas, Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance
written the way it was written?
The proposed Amarillo Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance contains the same private enforcement mechanism found in the Texas Heartbeat Act and in all 55 city and county ordinances outlawing abortion in the state of Texas
Rescue Those Who Are Being Taken Away to Death: The Fight Against Abortion Trafficking
The Testimony of Jim Baxa
The proposed Amarillo Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance contains the same provisions on "Abortions Prohibited on Residents" and "Abortion Trafficking" as the ones found in the Lubbock County Sanctuary County for the Unborn Ordinance that was passed on October 23, 2023.
Understanding the Abilene, Texas, Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance with Attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell
Abortion Prohibition on Abilene Residents Outside of Texas
The Abilene Ordinance prohibits the aiding and abetting of abortions performed on residents of Abilene, even when those abortions are performed in places like New Mexico, California, and Washington, D.C. What was the intent behind this provision of the Abilene Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance?
We have evidence of a medical professional in New Mexico suggesting injecting pregnant mothers from Texas with digoxin to kill their unborn child and then to send those mothers back to Texas to our hospitals to deal with the aftermath. What are your thoughts on this matter?
The proposed Amarillo Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance contains the same provision on "Abortions Prohibited on Residents" as the one found in the Abilene Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance that was passed on November 8, 2022. This is considered a limited abortion trafficking provision.
‘WE NEVER TELL’: Planned Parenthood Helps 13 Year Olds Get Abortions in Nearby States to Evade Law
While abortion is prohibited by state law in Missouri, this has not stopped Planned Parenthood from providing every necessity for minor girls to be transported across state lines for an abortion in neighboring Kansas.
PART TWO: ‘RUBBERSTAMP’ the #SecretAbortions - Planned Parenthood Works in Tandem with Courts
In Part Two of our investigation into the nation’s largest abortion provider, undercover camera has further revealed Planned Parenthood’s nationwide scheme to traffic minors across state lines for secret abortions. Abby Johnson, a former eight-year employee and Managing Director for Planned Parenthood in Texas, reviewed our footage and further elaborated on how Planned Parenthood works in tandem with the court systems to “rubber stamp” abortions for minors.
Abortion-Inducing Drugs: The Backstory with Carole Novielli
The proposed Amarillo Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance contains the same "abortion-inducing drug" provision on "Abortions Prohibited on Residents" as the one found in the Abilene Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance that was passed on November 8, 2022.
Understanding the Abilene, Texas Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance with Attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell
Abortion-Inducing Drugs
Does the Abilene, Texas, Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance
prohibit abortion-inducing drugs when they are used for purposes other than the termination of an unborn child?
The proposed Amarillo Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance contains the same "abortion-inducing drug" provision on "Abortions Prohibited on Residents" as the one found in the Abilene Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance that was passed on November 8, 2022.