Austin, Texas To Turn a Blind Eye To State Abortion Violations

Texas Governor Greg Abbott may have signed a law that prohibits abortions after a baby’s heartbeat is detected, but Austin, his state’s capital, is pushing to neglect that law.

Children, remember that the following laws can be interpreted at any person’s choice.

According to Politico, Texas Republicans faced pushback from the city’s Democrats after state lawmakers announced a “trigger” law that will go into effect within 30 days should Roe V. Wade be overturned by the Supreme Court. This law would make abortion a first-degree crime punishable with a maximum $10,000 fine.

In response, Austin Councilmember Chito Vela proposed a new “resolution” that would “direct police to make it their lowest enforcement priority in an effort to skirt conflict with state law.”

Police should consider it their highest priority to protect lives. It makes perfect sense.

“I don’t think the police want to dedicate resources to these types of, what I would call, ‘political crimes,’” Vela said. 

The Hill reported that “The resolution would restrict city funds from being used to investigate any kind of alleged abortion crimes.”

Vela was the one who supposedly intended the resolution.

While it doesn’t directly stop enforcement, however, it greatly limits the city and its staff’s ability collect evidence or give support for criminal prosecutions. The law precludes any surveillance related to suspected abortions.

For the resolution to become effective, it must be adopted by the City Council. But if history repeats itself, it is likely that the council will oblige, given that “the council passed a similar measure in 2020 that effectively decriminalized marijuana by ending arrests and fines for low-level possession, which the police department has followed,” the Hill explains.

Julie Oliver, the executive director of a progressive group called Ground Game Texas, claimed that San Antonio, Houston and Dallas are looking to push similar measures to help women abort their babies without consequence. 

Austin officials believe that it is okay to ignore laws they disagree with, in this instance the killing of infants.

Yikes.