{"id":1583854,"date":"2022-08-02T06:16:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T10:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583854"},"modified":"2022-08-02T06:17:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T10:17:19","slug":"dallas-city-council-advances-resolution-to-limit-law-enforcements-ability-to-enforce-texas-abortion-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dallas-city-council-advances-resolution-to-limit-law-enforcements-ability-to-enforce-texas-abortion-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas City Council Advances Resolution to Limit Law Enforcement&#8217;s Ability to Enforce Texas Abortion Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdallas-city-council-advances-resolution-to-limit-law-enforcements-ability-to-enforce-texas-abortion-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583854&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"header\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"label\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">American News<\/span> <span class=\"published\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">Aug 1, 2022 7:34 PM<br \/>\n                                    EST<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt mb-4\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n                                The guidance would direct Dallas Police Department and other law enforcement to make abortion investigations the lowest priority for authorities.\n                            <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"content\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"reader-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<section class=\"cover\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"author\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"show-sm\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"story-body\" class=\"article\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"html-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<article class=\"html\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The Dallas City Council&#8217;s seven member &#8220;quality of life, arts, and culture&#8221; committee have put forward a &#8220;reproductive rights&#8221; resolution that would attempt to limit the ability of law enforcement to enforce <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/texas-governor-signs-fetal-heartbeat-bill-into-law-banning-most-abortions-in-the-state\">Texas<\/a>&#8216; <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-pro-life-and-pro-abortion-protesters-spar-in-yelling-matching-at-texas-capitol\/\">abortion<\/a> ban in the city.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/2022\/08\/01\/dallas-council-committee-sets-vote-to-limit-city-resources-used-to-investigate-abortions\/?utm_source=Sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=Breaking_08012022&#038;utm_term=Breaking%20News\">The <em>Dallas Morning News<\/em> reports<\/a> the resolution would ban city staff from cooperating with any abortion related investigation unless the situation would uphold a person&#8217;s desire to terminate their unborn child. The guidance would also direct Dallas Police Department and other law enforcement to make abortion investigations the lowest priority for authorities.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The resolution also restricts city management from using city resources, such as money, personnel, and equipment, from being used in abortion related investigations, especially banning the storage of any abortion related information. Further restrictions to city officials include not providing pregnancy information to authorities writ large nor following up as to whether pregnancies even existed in most cases.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmagazine.com\/frontburner\/2022\/08\/dallas-could-consider-resolution-aimed-at-blunting-abortion-trigger-laws-impact\/\">According to <em>D Magazine<\/em><\/a>, Dallas City Councilman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmagazine.com\/frontburner\/2022\/08\/dallas-could-consider-resolution-aimed-at-blunting-abortion-trigger-laws-impact\/\">Adam Bazaldua<\/a> lead the efforts of writing the resolution and said \u00a0it &#8220;technically really does accomplish the decriminalization here locally,&#8221; even if it carves out the necessary language to ostensibly adhere to state and federal law.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Bazaldua said that &#8220;there\u2019s not much of an investigation that could be done if there\u2019s no resources that are able to be allocated&#8221; to enforcing the abortion laws.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>If approved by the &#8220;quality of life, arts, and culture&#8221; committee, the resolution would move up to a vote from the full City Council and then hit the mayor&#8217;s desk for signature into law.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/2022\/08\/01\/dallas-council-committee-sets-vote-to-limit-city-resources-used-to-investigate-abortions\/?utm_source=Sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=Breaking_08012022&#038;utm_term=Breaking%20News\">According to the <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/2022\/08\/01\/dallas-council-committee-sets-vote-to-limit-city-resources-used-to-investigate-abortions\/?utm_source=Sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=Breaking_08012022&#038;utm_term=Breaking%20News\">Dallas Morning News<\/a><\/em>, the committee&#8217;s measures wouldn&#8217;t apply if there were health complications with the pregnancy or in cases where a crime such as rape or sexual assault was suspected.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Bazaldua said the resolution was modeled after Austin&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thedailytexan.com\/2022\/07\/25\/austin-city-council-passes-grace-act-to-decriminalize-abortion-despite-statewide-ban\/\">Guarding the Right to Abortion Care for Everyone Act<\/a>&#8221; which passed on July 22 and the two measures share similar language and intent.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"revcontent-slot\" data-v-4da339e1=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p>Ads by revcontent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"contributions-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"partial contributions-epic\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"inner\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<h2 data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">Join and support independent free thinkers!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"words\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<p data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n                    We\u2019re independent and can\u2019t be cancelled. 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