{"id":275492,"date":"2022-09-06T14:51:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T19:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=275492"},"modified":"2022-09-24T10:47:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T15:47:06","slug":"cities-pro-abortion-funnel-millions-taxpayer-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/cities-pro-abortion-funnel-millions-taxpayer-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"More cities introduce pro-abortion measures, funnel millions in taxpayer dollars to abortion providers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Multiple cities across the country continue to propose\u00a0pro-abortion resolutions<\/a> including promises to deprioritize police investigations of abortion, in the wake of the Dobbs<\/em> Supreme Court decision which overturned Roe v. Wade<\/em>. For example, one Maryland County has committed to providing $1 million in taxpayer dollars to fund abortion providers. Nashville, Tennessee, is also seeking to funnel $500,000 of taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

Live Action News has previously documented<\/a>\u00a0a slew of pro-abortion measures introduced and\/or passed in various pro-life states.<\/p>\n

Deprioritizing police investigations<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Houston, TX:<\/strong>\u00a0Mayor Sylvester Turner has taken it upon himself to thwart state law and has called for the police in the City of Houston to deprioritize investigations of illegal abortions. At a press conference<\/a> held late last week, Turner was joined by members of law enforcement who appeared willing to make investigations of abortion a low priority. The announcement comes on the heels of the initialization of the state’s\u00a0trigger law<\/a>, which protects most preborn children in the womb from violent abortion and criminalizes the commission of abortion.<\/p>\n

“The city of Houston will not prioritize utilizing resources to create any record used against those experiencing miscarriages, seeking abortion or any other pregnancy outcome<\/em>,” [emphasis added] Mayor\u00a0Turner stated at the press conference<\/a>.\u00a0“Investigations of allegations, charges or information on pregnancy outcomes will be the lowest priority for the Houston Police Department,” the Mayor added.<\/p>\n

A “pregnancy outcome,” as pro-life groups have previously pointed out<\/a>, is a broad enough term as to potentially include even a full-term infant’s death by infanticide.<\/p>\n

Houston’s Police Executive Chief\u00a0Matt Slinkard, who stood with the Mayor when he made the announcement, said that while the police are uphold the law, “As law enforcement, we support the mayor and council and the citizens of Houston, to make sure that we enforce all laws. We will continue to do that, as we’re duty bound. But obviously, there are priorities when you have limited resources.”<\/p>\n

Harris County district attorney Kim Ogg told media that she applauded the move.<\/p>\n