Texas county becomes largest yet to vote for abortion travel ban

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

Commissioners in Lubbock county, Texas, voted Monday to ban people from transporting others along local roads for abortions, making the county the largest yet to join recent anti-abortion efforts to restrict travel out of state for the procedure.

Just a day later, though, anti-abortion activists suffered a setback: on Tuesday, members of the city council of Amarillo, a city north of Lubbock, said that they would like more time to consider a similar ordinance.