Texas Border Town Just Declared Itself a Unique Kind of Sanctuary City!

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A Texas border city with a population of about 2,200 has declared itself a sanctuary for the unborn and has banned abortion.

Waskom, Texas, which borders Louisiana 20 miles west of Shreveport, claims to be the first city in the nation to become a "Sanctuary City for the Unborn" by way of a resolution and ordinance unanimously passed by five members of the city council Tuesday night.

The ordinance makes organizations that perform abortions or assist in obtaining them "criminal organizations," such as Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, and others like them.

It was modeled after the city of Roswell, New Mexico's resolution declaring it a "sanctuary city for the unborn." But the Texas ordinance goes even further because it bans abortions within city limits.

"The Supreme Court erred in Roe v. Wade when it said that pregnant women have a constitutional right to abort their pre-born children," the ordinance reads, in part.

Dallas News also gave these details on the town's decision:

A small town along Texas' border with Louisiana has declared itself a "sanctuary city for the unborn" after its all-male council adopted a strict anti-abortion measure Tuesday.

                        

The ordinance adopted in Waskom, shared with The Dallas Morning News by the The Marshall News Messenger, classifies abortion as murder and deems groups that perform or assist in obtaining abortions to be criminal organizations. 

"The Supreme Court erred in Roe v. Wade ... when it said that pregnant women have a constitutional right to abort their pre-born children," the ordinance says. "There is no language anywhere in the Constitution that even remotely suggests that abortion is a constitutional right."

People are prohibited from helping someone obtain an abortion, including by providing transportation, money or instructions, and the ordinance also removes access to Plan B emergency contraception. 

But none of these measures will be enforced until, and unless, Roe vs. Wade is overturned.

The Washington Post reported that council members took the step as a preventive measure, as there are no abortion clinics in Waskom. Anti-abortion activists had feared a recent abortion ban in Louisiana might cause a provider to move there from Shreveport, according to The Post.

University of North Texas political science professor Kimi King said the ordinance is meant to prepare the town for a Supreme Court decision overturning Roe vs. Wade, after which each state would have the authority to regulate abortion within its borders.

                        

"They're getting ready for the next legal stage of Roe v. Wade," King said.