{"id":317392,"date":"2024-08-19T10:45:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=317392"},"modified":"2024-08-19T10:07:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T15:07:22","slug":"austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin City Council votes to use half a million in taxpayer dollars for citizens’ abortion travel"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

The City Council of Austin, Texas, voted on August 14 to use taxpayer funds to pay for its citizens to travel for out-of-state abortions. Texas law protects most preborn children from the deadly procedures.<\/p>\n

According to Texas Right to Life<\/a>, the city council approved its 2025 budget, which includes $500,000 for \u201cReproductive Health-Logistical Support,” i.e., abortion travel expenses. The fund would not only help women travel but would also pay for a companion to accompany them. As Texas Right to Life reports, it is unclear exactly how the city plans to allocate the funds, as “it is a crime to donate money to organizations that ‘procure’ out-of-state abortions. Any individual or government entity that gives to these groups becomes complicit in their criminal acts.”<\/p>\n

The council’s decision to approve the funding is similar to a budget item passed in San Antonio last year. Texas Right to Life and local citizens filed a lawsuit<\/a> against San Antonio for its allocation of the money, and to date, no funds have actually been distributed from that city for abortion travel.<\/p>\n

READ: Texas women blame pro-life law for delayed ectopic pregnancy treatment. But is it at fault?<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is not the first instance in which Austin officials have decided to flout state law and show their support for abortion. The city previously voted<\/a> to take taxpayer money earmarked for the police department<\/em> and instead use it to fund “logistical support services” for abortion, and in 2018, it leased city property valued at $2 million to a Planned Parenthood abortion facility for just $1 a year. Following the overturn of Roe v. Wade<\/em> in 2022, city council members passed an unenforceable measure that attempted to circumvent the state’s trigger law protecting preborn children from abortion.<\/p>\n

“Austin should not pay to kill its own innocent citizens, and taxpayers should not be forced to participate,” Texas Right to Life said in a statement following the budget vote. “Instead, the city should help new mothers by supporting pregnancy resource centers so that women have the assistance needed to deliver and care for their children.”<\/p>\n

The DOJ put a pro-life grandmother in jail for protesting the killing of preborn children. Please take 30 seconds to TELL CONGRESS: STOP THE DOJ FROM TARGETING PRO-LIFE AMERICANS.<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The City Council of Austin, Texas, voted on August 14 to use taxpayer funds to pay for its citizens to travel for out-of-state abortions. Texas law protects most preborn children from the deadly procedures. According to Texas Right to Life, the city council approved its 2025 budget, which includes $500,000 for \u201cReproductive Health-Logistical Support,” i.e., […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":289042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAustin City Council votes to use half a million in taxpayer dollars for citizens' abortion travel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The abortion travel fund would help women go out of state for abortion but would also pay for a companion to accompany them.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Austin City Council votes to use half a million in taxpayer dollars for citizens' abortion travel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The abortion travel fund would help women go out of state for abortion but would also pay for a companion to accompany them.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-19T15:45:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-19T15:07:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GettyImages-1408224015-air-travel.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bridget Sielicki\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bridget Sielicki\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bridget Sielicki\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f\"},\"headline\":\"Austin City Council votes to use half a million in taxpayer dollars for citizens’ abortion travel\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-19T15:45:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-19T15:07:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/\"},\"wordCount\":384,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Newsbreak\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/\",\"name\":\"Austin City Council votes to use half a million in taxpayer dollars for citizens' abortion travel\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-19T15:45:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-19T15:07:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"The abortion travel fund would help women go out of state for abortion but would also pay for a companion to accompany them.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Austin City Council votes to use half a million in taxpayer dollars for citizens’ abortion travel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Live Action\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":701,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"Live Action\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f\",\"name\":\"Bridget Sielicki\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bridget Sielicki\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/bridget-sielicki\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Austin City Council votes to use half a million in taxpayer dollars for citizens' abortion travel","description":"The abortion travel fund would help women go out of state for abortion but would also pay for a companion to accompany them.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Austin City Council votes to use half a million in taxpayer dollars for citizens' abortion travel","og_description":"The abortion travel fund would help women go out of state for abortion but would also pay for a companion to accompany them.","og_url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/","og_site_name":"Live Action News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","article_published_time":"2024-08-19T15:45:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-19T15:07:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GettyImages-1408224015-air-travel.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bridget Sielicki","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@liveaction","twitter_site":"@liveaction","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bridget Sielicki","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/"},"author":{"name":"Bridget Sielicki","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f"},"headline":"Austin City Council votes to use half a million in taxpayer dollars for citizens’ abortion travel","datePublished":"2024-08-19T15:45:11+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-19T15:07:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/"},"wordCount":384,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Newsbreak","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/","name":"Austin City Council votes to use half a million in taxpayer dollars for citizens' abortion travel","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-08-19T15:45:11+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-19T15:07:22+00:00","description":"The abortion travel fund would help women go out of state for abortion but would also pay for a companion to accompany them.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/austin-city-council-half-million-abortion-travel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Austin City Council votes to use half a million in taxpayer dollars for citizens’ abortion travel"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","name":"Live Action News","description":"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, & Pro-Life Issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Live Action","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Live-Action-Logo-Black.png","width":701,"height":710,"caption":"Live Action"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/twitter.com\/liveaction","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/liveactionorg\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/LiveActionFilms\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LiveActionFilms"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/354818e37fca891455094342cfaacf2f","name":"Bridget Sielicki","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9cf04f4b8f1370c0d4ec72e4c6913a37?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bridget Sielicki"},"url":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/author\/bridget-sielicki\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317392"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317428,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317392\/revisions\/317428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}