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LINDALE, Texas (LifeSiteNews) – The city of Lindale in East Texas passed a “Sanctuary City for the Unborn” ordinance Thursday night, making abortion illegal within city limits.
“Abortion at all times and at all stages of pregnancy is declared to be an act of murder unless the mother’s life is in danger,” states the ordinance, unanimously passed by Lindale City Council members after a three-hour public hearing in Picker’s Pavilion.
The ordinance, which makes Lindale the 42nd city in Texas to outlaw abortion, declares that anyone who “furnishes the means for procuring an abortion knowing the purpose intended,” or “who otherwise aids or abets an abortion performed in Texas, is a criminal and a felon” subject to prosecution by the relevant district attorney.
Along with those who perform or directly assist abortions, individuals who can be prosecuted under the ordinance include those knowingly provide transportation to an abortion, pay for an abortion, give instructions for a self-administered abortion, provide insurance coverage for abortion, or coerce a woman into having an abortion “against her will.”
However, the ordinance also states that “under
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