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Portland backtracks on boycott of Texas, establishes abortion fund instead

Updated: September 23, 2021 at 7:57 pm EST  See Comments

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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.

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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