Texas Democrats call on prosecutors not to enforce the state's abortion ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Texas, along with Missouri, was one of the first states to ban abortion on Friday, immediately after the Supreme Court ruling.
40% : Although the state's "trigger ban" on abortion goes into effect 30 days after a Supreme Court decision, Paxton appeared to be referring to pre-Roe abortion bans, which were never repealed by the Texas Legislature but were unenforceable while Roe was in effect.
34% : "Abortion is now illegal in Texas," the state's attorney general, Ken Paxton, tweeted Friday.
33% : The Texas law that goes into effect in 30 days mandates the harshest criminal penalties on abortion in the country.
25% :Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade on Friday, the heads of the Texas Democratic Party called on local law enforcement officials to refuse to enforce laws banning abortion.
21% : On Friday, Austin City Council members Jose "Chito" Vela and Vanessa Fuentes called for a special council meeting to pass a resolution that would prohibit city funds from being used to investigate or report abortion and would direct Austin police to designate abortion as their lowest priority for criminal investigation.

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