Thu Sep 23, 2021 – 7:11 pm EDT
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PORTLAND, Oregon (LifeSiteNews) — Portland officials backed down on their pledge to stop buying goods from Texas as a protest of the state’s new limits on abortions when a heartbeat can be detected.
“The City Council in Portland, Oregon, has scrapped a plan to boycott Texas businesses because of a new law that prohibits most abortions there, deciding … instead to set aside $200,000 to fund reproductive care,” the Associated Press reported September 15.
A resolution said the city council “steadfastly believes that all people should have the right to choose if and when they carry a pregnancy, and to obtain an abortion under the care of certified healthcare providers in safe and secure facilities.”
“Texas has put a bounty on every person that may become pregnant as well as the healthcare providers and allies who support people exercising their constitutional right to choose,” mayor Ted Wheeler said in a September 20 statement. “Proclaiming support for reproductive rights is not enough. Declaring allyship is not enough. Portland already welcomes people from
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