Lubbock, Texas Abolishes Abortion To Become Largest Sanctuary City For The Unborn

Voters in Lubbock, Texas, over the weekend, passed an ordinance abolishing abortion within city limits.

The controversial proposition, which makes the more than 250,000 person city the largest “sanctuary city for the unborn” in the United States, not only deems it “unlawful for any person to procure or perform an abortion of any type and at any stage of pregnancy” in the city, but it also provides financial penalty for people who “knowingly aid or abet an abortion” in the city.

“We are grateful that the voters of Lubbock voted so overwhelmingly to outlaw abortion and affirm the sanctity of human life. We congratulate everyone who worked so hard to pass this ordinance and produce such a strong turnout for this historic election,” Mark Lee Dickson, director of Right to Life of East Texas and Founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative, told The Federalist. “Planned Parenthood and its supporters also worked hard to get their supporters to the polls, and we congratulate them on their efforts. Now that the voters have spoken, we expect Planned Parenthood to respect the outcome of this election and cease providing abortions at its Lubbock clinic.”