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Published: November 12, 2021

City of Anson becomes 38th ‘sanctuary for the unborn’ in Texas, 42nd in United States

By The Editor

Fri Nov 12, 2021 – 4:14 pm EST

ANSON, Texas (LifeSiteNews) — On Monday, the City of Anson became the 38th city in Texas and the 42nd nationwide to formally declare itself a “sanctuary for the unborn,” voting unanimously to forbid abortion within its borders.

Mark Lee Dickson, a pastor, Right to Life of East Texas, and founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative, wrote at Live Action to report the Anson City Council’s 5-0 vote to give final approval to the Anson Ordinance Outlawing Abortion, which declares it “unlawful for any person to procure or perform an abortion of any type and at any stage of pregnancy” or to “knowingly aid or abet an abortion” in Anson. It also bans “mifepristone, misoprostol, and any drug or medication that is used to terminate the life of an unborn child,” but does not apply to non-abortive contraception. 

The ordinance defines abortion as “the act of using or prescribing an instrument, a drug, a medicine, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent to cause the death of an unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant.” It does not apply to procedures

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