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LUBBOCK, Texas (LifeSiteNews) — A local ordinance declaring Lubbock, Texas, a “sanctuary city for the unborn” means that Planned Parenthood will not resume abortions in the town anytime soon, even if ongoing courtroom battles again pause or ultimately strike down the statewide Heartbeat Act.
On May 1, voters in Lubbock passed the ordinance by about 62% to 37%, stating, “Abortion at all times and at all stages of pregnancy is declared to be an act of murder,” and therefore it is unlawful “to procure or perform an abortion of any type and at any stage of pregnancy,” or “to knowingly aid or abet” an abortion in the city.
Lubbock, with a population of about 259,000 people, is the largest city in the United States to ban abortion. While other cities in Texas and a few other states have passed similar sanctuary measures, Lubbock is the only one that had an active abortion facility.
Planned Parenthood sued to invalidate the ordinance, but Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed the suit in June
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