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Westbrook, Texas, has just become the seventh city in the state to declare itself a \u201csanctuary city for the unborn,\u201d banning abortion \u201cat all times and at all stages of pregnancy [because it is] an <\/span>act of murder<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Right to Life of East Texas spearheaded the \u201c<\/span>sanctuary cities for the unborn<\/span><\/a>\u201d initiative earlier in 2019, with Waksom, Texas, being the first to adopt the measure. The local, grassroots level is one of the <\/span>basic building-blocks of pro-life movement<\/span><\/a>, and it helps to deter abortion clinics from opening in such municipalities. The movement is gaining steam across the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although several sanctuary cities are in the state of Texas, the movement is by no means limited to that state. As Live Action News has reported, <\/span>Springdale, Arkansas<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Riverton, Utah<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> are among the growing movement, and some in Phoenix, Arizona have <\/span>expressed interest<\/span><\/a> as well. The pro-life battle has been fought on the national level for years; sowing seeds at the local level is a new frontier on which pro-lifers have found some success in Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, and elsewhere.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to <\/span>The Texan<\/span><\/a>, the ordinance can be enforced both publicly and privately. However, until <\/span>Roe v. Wade<\/span><\/i> is overturned, the ordinance cannot be enforced, even though penalties could come into play if the Supreme Court decision is ever overturned. \u201cWhile it is true that this public enforcement cannot be enforced until Roe v. Wade is overturned, that does not mean that the penalties do not exist,\u201d Mark Dickson, founder of the sanctuary city movement, told The Texan. \u201cThe penalties will keep stacking up until Roe v. Wade is overturned. At that point, those penalties will come crashing down on the abortionist [and anyone assisting the abortionist] as long as the abortion happened within the city limits of Westbrook.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Pro-abortion org puts \u2018Abortion is freedom\u2019 billboards in \u2018sanctuary city for unborn\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Private enforcement would not have to wait for any Supreme Court decision. It would mean that any family connected to the aborted child such as aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, or anyone else, could sue the abortionist for damages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Abortion supporters, unsurprisingly, are not thrilled and are even going so far as to call this positive pro-life, democratic expression an \u201cepidemic.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a problem. It\u2019s a growing epidemic. It\u2019s something that we think is not just going to stop in East Texas. We expect it to move to other parts of the state,\u201d said the ACLU\u2019s local political strategist, Drucilla Tigner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A number of political initiatives have begun an effort to dilute the conservative nature of the state of Texas. Planned Parenthood has started to invest money in West Texas, and it recently received a $9 million grant to open two facilities in that part of the state by spring of 2020. Nationwide, the abortion giant is <\/span>pushing a new app<\/span><\/a> which includes telemedicine abortions, while advocating for legal at-home medication abortions in hopes of gaining new clients in otherwise hard-to-access areas, such as rural parts of Texas. The organization also has a chatbot aimed at <\/span>minors<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The city ordinance, which takes as its guiding principle the Constitutionally-established \u201c<\/span>right<\/span><\/a> of self-governance for local municipalities,\u201d is subject to legal challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Editor’s Note, 12\/5: This article previously mislabeled Right to Life of East Texas as “the\u00a0East Texas chapter of Right to Life.” We regret this error.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Westbrook, Texas, has just become the seventh city in the state to declare itself a \u201csanctuary city for the unborn,\u201d banning abortion \u201cat all times and at all stages of pregnancy [because it is] an act of murder.\u201d Right to Life of East Texas spearheaded the \u201csanctuary cities for the unborn\u201d initiative earlier in 2019, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":606,"featured_media":189223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAs Planned Parenthood fights to make state pro-abortion, East Texas town becomes next 'sanctuary city for the unborn'<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The City of Westbrook in Texas has just become the seventh city in the state to declare itself a \u201csanctuary city for the unborn.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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