In wake of SCOTUS decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Austin City Council fast-tracks abortion decriminalization act.
, authored by Vela, that attempts to effectively decriminalize abortion in Austin. Planning for the meeting is still under way, but it could happen July 19 or 21.
The resolution is virtually certain to win approval on a Council with 10 Democrats and just one Republican. Vela initially intended to add the item to the Council’s July 26 agenda , but passage of the resolution has gained new urgency following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling inthe Mississippi case the court’s anti-choice majority has used to officially overturn the 1973took effect
; that legislation allows private citizens to sue anyone they believe to have obtained, performed or “aided and abetted” an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. But the Texas Legislature has also passed a “trigger law” to make abortion care entirely illegal from the moment of conception, without exceptions for rape or incest. Texas Attorney Generalindicated the law could go into effect in as little as 30 days from when SCOTUS enters its final judgment..
Exceptions are outlined in the resolution. APD could share information relating to an abortion, if it could be used by a patient to “defend [their] right to abortion care” or by a provider to defend their right to provide the care.
Ultimately, the resolution is an attempt to change APD policy rather than supersede state law through local ordinance. But even in that regard, the mostly liberal Council is limited in what it can do. State law prohibits city officials frompolice chiefs to adopt certain policies, so the GRACE Act can only request that the Police Chiefadopt the policies outlined above. The tactic is similar to that used in 2020 by Vela’s predecessorto decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
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