Supporters of abortion access held a rally outside Dallas City Hall Friday, calling on district attorneys in Texas not to prosecute doctors who perform abortions. They call it the "R.E.D. Moon Project," for "Regain, expand, decriminalize abortion now."
"We are not afraid. We're all targeted, and we're all still here," says Kamyon Conner, executive director of the Texas Equal Access Fund. "We are being bold, and we need others to join us in this fight."
The Dallas and Denton city councils have passed resolutions cutting resources to investigate doctors who perform abortions. Supporters urged other cities and counties to do the same.
"We are real people," says Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, an OB/GYN who has performed abortions. "We aren't just pawns in some political battle to the bottom. We all deserve to live in free and healthy communities."
Moayedi says she started performing abortions in Oklahoma after the law took effect in Texas banning an abortion here after a heartbeat is detected and before Oklahoma's ban took effect.
"I know firsthand every Texan needs abortion care, and every Texan loves someone who's had an abortion," she says.
Republican state representatives who are members of the Texas Freedom caucus say they will try to pass legislation in the next session that would allow district attorneys to prosecute abortion cases, even those outside their counties if another county's top prosecutor "fails or refuses to do so."
The law firm, Sidney Austin LLC, had said it would reimburse travel costs for employees who leave the state for an abortion. Members of the Texas Freedom Caucus listed the potential legislation in a letter to the firm, saying, "We are putting them and others on notice of the illegality and consequences of their actions under pre-Roe statutes."
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