{"id":283046,"date":"2023-01-10T06:40:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T12:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=283046"},"modified":"2023-01-09T15:35:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T21:35:15","slug":"police-association-pro-abortion-san-antonio-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/police-association-pro-abortion-san-antonio-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Police association: Pro-abortion San Antonio measure is ‘smoke and mirrors’ meant to ‘distract voters’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Decriminalizing abortion could be on the May 2023 ballot in the city of San Antonio, Texas, according to ACT4SA, a pro-abortion organization which claims\u00a0to have gathered the signatures necessary for the petition initiative.<\/p>\n

The move, which was called “smoke and mirrors” by Danny Diaz, president of the San Antonio Police Officers’ Association, follows similar ballot initiatives<\/a> across the state and nation in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Diaz explained to the\u00a0San Antonio Express-News<\/a>\u00a0that the decriminalization of marijuana and abortion are handled at the state and federal level of government.\u00a0“The decriminalization of marijana [sic] and abortion are handled at the state and federal level of government. This action is added to this initiative to distract voters and add a layer of smoke and mirrors,” a release published<\/a> to the organization’s website states.<\/p>\n

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Despite this, the\u00a0San Antonio Current<\/a>\u00a0reports that ACT4SA along with the “voter-mobilization outfit Ground Game Texas and roughly a dozen other progressive organizations” have obtained 35,000 signatures and plan to give the initiative to the city clerk for verification on Tuesday, January 10.<\/p>\n

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Decriminalizing abortion petition called ‘smoke and mirrors’ by San Antonio Police Officer’s Association<\/p><\/div>\n

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The petition effort seeks to “decriminalize marijuana possession under 4 ounces, decriminalize abortion by making it a rule that SAPD shall not arrest or surveil abortion providers or seekers, ban no-knock warrants and codify a cite-and-release policy,” KENS5.com<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

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The San Antonio @JusticeCharter<\/a> aims to decriminalize abortions and marijuana as well as banning police chokeholds and no-knock warrants. I spent time with petitioners who pushed to collect 20,000 verified signatures to get this charter amendment on the May ballot. pic.twitter.com\/FlD6U7QsmH<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jose Arredondo (@sportsguyjose) January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n