| A local referendum in Texas is part of a long-term effort to block abortions through the courts.  Photograph by Meridith Kohut / NYT / Redux When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the question of abortion access was left to the states to decide. Today, Rachel Monroe reports from Amarillo, Texas, where a so-called sanctuary movement seeks to outlaw abortion by passing local ordinances, and it has persuaded Texas cities to sign on. The goals of measures such as Proposition A, also known as the “Sanctuary City for the Unborn Ordinance,” go beyond banning abortion and prohibiting residents from travelling to other states to terminate a pregnancy. In Amarillo—which sits at the crossroads of Interstates 40 and 27, en route to states such as New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas, where abortion is legal—the movement wants to prevent people from even passing through the city on their way to obtain abortions. This seemingly local attack is part of a bigger strategic play: a nationwide ban on abortion, enacted by the courts. As one pro-choice advocate tells Monroe, “The anti-abortion movement is not going to stop at the state-by-state level, no matter what they say.” | 
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