{"id":1448,"date":"2023-09-13T23:11:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T06:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2023-09-13T23:11:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T06:11:09","slug":"he-voted-to-ban-abortion-trafficking-but-doesnt-know-why-it-was-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/13\/he-voted-to-ban-abortion-trafficking-but-doesnt-know-why-it-was-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"He Voted to Ban \u2018Abortion Trafficking\u2019 &#8212; But Doesn\u2019t \u2018Know Why It Was Necessary\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In July, Mitchell became the first county in Texas to pass a measure declaring it a crime for any person seeking an <a id=\"auto-tag_abortion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/abortion\/\" data-tag=\"abortion\">abortion<\/a> to do so using a road that runs through it. The ordinance \u2014 adopted unanimously by four men who serve on the county commission \u2014 declares it illegal to \u201cknowingly transport any individual for the purpose of providing or obtaining an elective abortion, regardless of where the elective abortion will occur\u201d if the trip \u201cbegins, ends, or passes through the unincorporated area of Mitchell County.\u201d Supporters call it a prohibition on \u201cabortion trafficking.\u201d But even officials who voted for the ordinance aren\u2019t sure it can actually be enforced.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/abortion-trafficking-texas-1234822300\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In July, Mitchell became the first county in Texas to pass a measure declaring it a crime for any person seeking an abortion to do so using a road that runs through it. The ordinance \u2014 adopted unanimously by four men who serve on the county commission \u2014 declares it illegal to \u201cknowingly transport any &#8230; <a title=\"He Voted to Ban \u2018Abortion Trafficking\u2019 &#8212; But Doesn\u2019t \u2018Know Why It Was Necessary\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/13\/he-voted-to-ban-abortion-trafficking-but-doesnt-know-why-it-was-necessary\/\" aria-label=\"More on He Voted to Ban \u2018Abortion Trafficking\u2019 &#8212; But Doesn\u2019t \u2018Know Why It Was Necessary\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[174,144,10],"class_list":["post-1448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-banning-travel","tag-right-to-travel","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1448"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1450,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448\/revisions\/1450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}