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September 25, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Tenaha, Texas, became the fifth U.S. city to become a “sanctuary for the unborn” after unanimously passing an ordinance this week, according to reports.

Four other cities had passed an ordinance banning abortion, LifeNews reported. Waskom, Omaha, Naples and Joaquin are all also in Texas. 

The city of Gilmer, Texas, passed a similar ordinance on Tuesday, a report from the Longview News-Journal said, bringing the number to six.

An ordinance is a local law or regulation. Where an ordinance is a legislative act, a resolution is an expression of opinion or mind or policy concerning some particular item of business before the legislative body.

Some local governments in other parts of the United States have passed resolutions declaring pro-life sanctuary status this year. However, the resolutions, unlike ordinances, do not have legal weight.

East Texas Right to Life is behind an effort to pass the pro-life ordinances in every Texas town.

“This is not a political game, this is not just, we are going to say we are pro-life and not vote like it,” said Mark Lee Dickson, the group’s director. “This is an opportunity for the city council of Gilmer to not just say there are pro-life, but actually be pro-life by passing an ordinance.”

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