The Texas Legislature wants to stamp out reproductive health funds

  

In a state where abortion is illegal under almost all circumstances, San Antonio was among the first municipalitiesto attempt to fund reproductive heath services — including potentially out-of-state abortion care — using its city budget in 2023.

Now that the Texas Legislature is back to work for the first time since then, an effort is already underway to crack down on funds like San Antonio’s, which quickly caught on across other blue urban centers.

Texas law already bans local governments from giving money to abortion providers and their affiliates, but Senate Bill 730, introduced last month by state Sen. Donna Campbell (R-New Braunfels), would expand that include “abortion assistance entities,” which it defines as people who aid women seeking abortion services, such as paying for their travel costs or helping them find abortion-inducing medication.

 

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