San Antonio Loses Abortion Travel Fund Court Battle

The Texas Tribune reports:

A Texas court has temporarily stopped the City of San Antonio from funding efforts to help residents travel out of state to get abortions. In April, the San Antonio City Council voted to allocate $100,000 to its Reproductive Justice Fund to help support abortion-related travels. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the city the following day, arguing that the city was “transparently attempting to undermine and subvert Texas law and public policy.”

“The City is disappointed with the Fifteenth Court of Appeals’ decision yesterday and its broad prohibition,” the city attorney’s office said in a statement on Friday. “It is unprecedented in nature and the City is exploring its options.” Paxton, a virulent anti-abortion conservative, said in a statement that San Antonio was funding a “morally bankrupt program.” Paxton has also sued the City of Austin over a similar fund.

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BREAKING: I sucessfully stopped San Antonio from illegally using taxpayer funds to pay for out-of-state abortion travel.

Forcing Texas taxpayers to subsidize abortion tourism is a profound insult to our state’s pro-life values and our laws protecting the unborn. pic.twitter.com/Cw4Cu3mznj

— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) June 20, 2025