Portland to Ban Texas Travel and Trade to Protest New “Heartbeat” Abortion Law
Portland City Council is moving to ban travel and trade of goods and services from Texas to protest the Lone Star state’s new “heartbeat” abortion law.
The “heartbeat” law will effectively outlaw abortions in the state after 6 weeks and also gives any citizen – including those outside Texas – the right to take legal action against anyone who ‘aids and abets’ the termination of a pregnancy after the cut off point.
Pro-Antifa Mayor Ted Wheeler said the City Council will hold the vote this Wednesday to ban Portland’s “future procurement of goods and services from, and City employee business travel to, the state of Texas.”
“The Portland City Council stands unified in its belief that all people should have the right to choose if and when they carry a pregnancy and that the decisions they make are complex,
