Ohio city becomes first in state to pass ordinance banning abortion
A city in Ohio has become the first in the state to pass an ordinance that bans abortions in its jurisdiction after its leadership unanimously voted to approve the measure.
The Lebanon City Council, whose city has a population of about twenty thousand, voted Tuesday evening to pass Ordinance 2021-053, which bans abortion in the community.
The meeting had a packed crowd, with several locals speaking for and against the ordinance before Councilman Doug Shope, who sponsored the proposal, spoke about the measure.
“We had been talking about some of the ridiculous sanctuary city things that have been done in other parts of the country,” said Shope, citing, as an example, sanctuary cities for those who entered the United States illegally. “Wouldn’t it be great if we had a sanctuary for the unborn?”
Created Equal, a pro-life group that helped Shope get in touch with the group Sanctuary City for the Unborn to craft the ordinance, celebrated the result of the city council vote.
Source: christianpost.com
