Clarendon is one of the first cities in Texas to reject the ordinance, after several cities and counties passed similar measures
Northbound motorists drive on I-27 south of Plainview, a route traveled by many that seek abortion healthcare while headed out of Texas., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.LUBBOCK — The City Council of Clarendon, a rural Panhandle town, rejected a proposed ordinance seeking to prohibit traveling through city limits to get an abortion in another state.
“Our business is making sure our city gets water, streets to drive on, trash is taken out and much more,” said Eulaine McIntosh, a Clarendon council member. “We’re not allowed to take action beyond state law, and this ordinance comes very close to overstepping state law.” While the ordinance states pregnant women would not be punished, anti-abortion legal crusader Jonathan Mitchell has
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