The leaders of Austin, Texas are making plans to “decriminalize” abortions in the city if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade this summer.

Without Roe, Texas law will protect unborn babies by banning all abortions, and city Councilman José Chito Vela wants to be ready to fight back. He recently crafted a pro-abortion measure that he hopes to introduce within hours of the high court ruling, KVUE reports.

“The resolution does two things – one, restricts city funds from being used to essentially investigate any kind of alleged abortion crimes,” Vela said, according to The Guardian. “The other thing it does is to make the investigation of any abortion-related crime the lowest priority for our police department.”

Vela named his plan the “Guarding the Right to Abortion Care for Everyone” Act, and said he will not introduce it until the Supreme Court releases its ruling on the abortion case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health.

Councilwoman Vanessa Fuentes, a co-sponsor of the measure, said they want to do what they can to fight pro-lifers’ “attacks” on abortion…. (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)

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