Credit Tyler Scott
Hillsdale City Council is considering an ordinance that aims to make performing an abortion illegal within city limits, and would declare the city a "sanctuary city for the unborn."
The text of the ordinance was drafted by Mark Lee Dickson, a pastor from Texas who's in charge of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn initiative. Heather Tritchka-Stuchell, wife of council member Greg Stuchell, said she called Dickson and asked him to come to Hillsdale, and said she has 400 signatures in support of the ordinance.
The ordinance would criminalize an attempt to procure or perform an abortion within city limits, as well as anyone who possesses or distributes abortion-inducing drugs within city limits. It also would make it illegal to "aid or abet" an abortion that occurs within city limits, including providing transportation to or from an abortion provider, providing instructions over the phone or internet, or providing money to someone knowing it would be used for an abortion.