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Texas City Planned Parenthood Stops Abortions as ‘Sanctuary City’ Ordinance Takes Effect
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas (PPGT) said Tuesday that it is no longer providing abortion services in its Lubbock clinic, coinciding with a “sanctuary city” ordinance that took effect on June 1.
The “sanctuary city for the unborn” ordinance, which outlaws abortion in Lubbock, was approved on May 1. Sixty-two percent of voters in Lubbock, a city of about 250,000 people in northwest Texas, backed the measure, while just under 38 percent voted against it, according to data from the Lubbock County Elections Office.
PPGT CEO Ken Lambrecht said in a statement Tuesday that abortion services will be provided “when legally possible.”