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AUSTIN (KXAN) – The state of Texas could soon feel an economic backlash in response to its recently enacted new abortion laws, which are the toughest in the United States
Portland, Oregon City Council will vote on Wednesday whether to ban travel and trade in goods and services with Texas in the future in protest of the legislation, The Hill reports.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said in a statement last week, “The ban will remain in place until the state of Texas lifts its unconstitutional ban on abortion or until it is lifted in court.”
Calls for #BoycottTexas are increasing in the wake of the new abortion law
Texas sparked an inferno of controversy with the passage of Senate Act 8 that bans abortions after six weeks, before most women even know they are pregnant. The law has been heavily criticized nationwide.
President Joe Biden condemned the law, calling it “unconstitutional chaos,” and promised to make government-wide efforts to respond to the law.
On Monday, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department is urgently reviewing ways to challenge the law and protect “constitutional rights of women and others, including access to an abortion.”
In the meantime, the department says it will protect people who try to get abortions and those who offer them. Another heavily criticized element of SB 8 allows individuals and organizations to sue those who help someone with an abortion – for up to $ 10,000. Many argue that this could essentially put a bounty on people’s heads and clog courts with frivolous lawsuits.
Last week, the US Supreme Court approved the law on Tuesday after a group of abortion clinics and lawyers in Texas moved to block the law. For now, the law applies.
Mayor Wheeler’s statement concluded, “Portland City Council stands by the side of people who may one day face difficult decisions about conceiving, and we respect their right to make the best decision for themselves.”
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