At least 14 Texas localities, including Abilene and San Angelo, have passed some variation of the ordinance since 2021, but to anti-abortion advocates, Amarillo—a city of 200,000 in the mostly ...

Amarillo’s vote is one of few times where Texas voters had a say on abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned. State law rarely allows for direct democracy on such issues except at the city level.

Ad Policy Harper Metcalf, an abortion-rights organizer, hold a sign opposing Proposition A. (Amy Littlefield). Amarillo, T ex.— In the Texas panhandle city of Amarillo on Election Day, in the ...

The proposal, known as Proposition A, lost by about 20 percentage points Tuesday night, according to unofficial votes. Amarillo became the first Texas city to reject an anti-abortion ordinance ...

Amarillo, located in the mostly rural Panhandle area of Texas, was seen as a “trophy” for anti-abortion advocates due to its prime location on Interstate 40—an hour’s drive to New Mexico ...

FILE - Three members of the Women's March group protest in support of access to abortion medication outside the Federal Courthouse on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 in Amarillo, Texas.

It’s a terrifying little law, one that’s obviously reminiscent of Texas’s SB 8 bounty hunting law, which created a right for random Texans to sue those who helped people get an abortion.

And Avow, an abortion advocacy organization in Texas, invested more than $74,000 on digital ads, printing, postage and text message campaigns opposing the ordinance, according to filings with the ...

FILE - People march through downtown Amarillo to protest a lawsuit to ban the abortion drug mifepristone, Feb. 11, 2023, in Amarillo, Texas. (AP Photo/Justin Rex, File) (Justin Rex / AP) ...

Three members of the Women's March group protest in support of access to abortion medication outside the Federal Courthouse on March 15, 2023, in Amarillo, Texas.

Credit: Mark Rogers for The Texas TribuneDanny Bryant, a 66-year-old man who has lived in Amarillo all his life, didn’t keep track of how long he waited in line.