Driving the news: José “Chito” Vela, a member of the city council in Austin, has proposed a resolution to decriminalize abortion locally, even as Texas has one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in the country.
- Jenna Hanes, a spokesperson for Vela, said his office has been in contact with lawmakers in several other cities, including Dallas, San Antonio and Houston, who are interested in advancing similar measures.
In Louisiana, Orleans Parish district attorney Jason Rogers has said he “will not shift priority from tackling shootings, rapes and carjackings to investigating the choices women make with regard to their own bodies.”
- Prosecutors in Nashville, Tennessee; DeKalb County, Georgia; Fairfax County, Virginia; and Durham County, North Carolina; have all said abortion-related prosecutions won’t be a high priority for their departments, or directly stated that they will not enforce state bans.
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