According to a news release, Sawant’s legislation would prevent Seattle police officers from processing arrest warrants related to anti-abortion laws for both patients and their doctors.
Sawant also pledged to amend the city’s budget to make access to abortion free for those seeking sanctuary from anti-abortion laws around the country and for Seattle residents.
“Today we face the single biggest attack on women, queer and pregnant people, and reproductive rights in most of our lifetimes, and this right-wing Supreme Court has also given every indication that they plan to carry out draconian attacks on LGBTQ rights,” Sawant said in a statement. “We must make Seattle a sanctuary for pregnant people and their doctors and other care providers facing persecution for seeking and performing abortions.
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