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Some rural Texas counties are banning people from traveling on their roads to get out-of-state abortions. The idea didn't spring up organically.
They are exercising rights they've had for 50 years, but why should that matter?
Commissioners in Cochran County voted to make it illegal to use its roads to seek an abortion in nearby states where the procedure is legal.
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Cochran County, which borders New Mexico, joins a small group of other rural Texas counties that have passed these ordinances. Abortion-rights supporters say the new policies are not legal.
Cochran County, which borders New Mexico, joins a small group of other rural Texas counties that have passed these ordinances. Abortion-rights supporters say the new policies are not legal.