Texas City Becomes 48th in America to Ban Abortions
April 22, 2022 | Texas
Another Texas city just said “Yes!” to protecting unborn babies from abortion.
On Wednesday, the Marquez City Council voted unanimously to pass a Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance to outlaw abortions within city limits.
Mark Lee Dickson, director of Right to Life of East Texas and founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative, said Marquez is the 48th city in the U.S. to pass the pro-life ordinance.
“The vote by the City Council was unanimous! Way to go Marquez, Texas!” Dickson wrote on Facebook after the vote. “Marquez is the fourth city in Leon County to pass an ordinance outlawing abortion, following the cities of Centerville (population 892), Leona (population 175), and Jewett (population 1,250).”
“Mayor Stynette Clary recognized the ordinance to be a preventative measure, as a way to be proactive in their community. I hope more mayors across the United States step up, just like Mayor Clary did, and make sure that their city is safe from the expansion of the abortion industry,” Dickson told LifeNews.com. “Now is not the time to sit around and wait for Roe v. Wade to be overturned. Now is the time for our local leaders to join our state leaders in stepping out and passing aggressive pro-life laws restricting abortion.”… (Excerpt LIFENEWS.COM)
