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Texas counties ban traveling to obtain abortion care

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After Texas outlawed nearly all abortions after the end of Roe v. Wade, some conservative local governments want to go further — banning their residents from traveling to obtain an abortion a…

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  1. Washington Post

    Texas counties trying to prevent people from using roads to get an abortion grows (opens Washington Post)

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    A Texas county near New Mexico has banned helping people traveling to get an abortion

  2. New York Times

    In Texas, Local Laws to Prevent Travel for Abortions Gain Momentum (opens New York Times)

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    Lubbock County, home to more than 300,000 near the New Mexico border, has become the fourth and largest Texas county to bar travel assistance for abortions.

  3. MyNorthwest

    West Texas county bans travel on its roads to help someone seeking an abortion (opens MyNorthwest)

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    LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Commissioners in a west Texas county have banned drivers from transporting a person seeking an abortion, making it the largest of

  4. Fox26 Houston

    Texas county bans travel on its roads to help someone seeking an abortion (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    The ordinance allows citizens to sue anyone who assists a person in traveling to get an abortion in the county or even traveling through the area to seek care elsewhere.

  5. My High Plains

    Texas counties ban traveling to obtain abortion care (opens My High Plains)

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    After Texas outlawed nearly all abortions after the end of Roe v. Wade, some conservative local governments want to go further — banning their residents from traveling to obtain an abortion a…

  6. NBC4 Washington

    Texas counties ban people from traveling on their roads get an abortion (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    A Texas county near New Mexico — where abortion is legal — has banned helping people traveling to get an abortion.

  7. Jezebel

    Another County in Texas Has Banned Abortion-Related Travel (opens Jezebel)

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    Lubbock County near New Mexico, with a population of 300,000, is the latest county to pass a law banning anyone from traveling on county roads for an abortion.

  8. Los Angeles Times

    In Texas, local governments are banning travel aid for abortions (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    A Texas county near New Mexico, where abortion is legal, is the latest to ban aiding people traveling to get an abortion, conservatives' latest bid to restrict access.

  9. AL.com

    Texas counties ban use of roads to help women travel for abortions (opens AL.com)

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    The measures would not punish women seeking an abortion but would present legal risks to people who take them to get the procedure.

  10. The Guardian

    Texas county becomes largest yet to vote for abortion travel ban (opens The Guardian)

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    Lubbock county’s commissioners bar people from transporting others along local roads for abortions

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