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  • Portland scraps Texas boycott, allocates abortion funds

    09/15/2021 9:22:21 PM PDT · by blueplum · 10 replies
    AP via msn ^ | 15 September 2021 | SARA CLINE, Associated Press/Report for America
    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The City Council in Portland, Oregon, has scrapped a plan to boycott Texas businesses because of a new law that prohibits most abortions there, deciding Wednesday to instead set aside $200,000 to fund reproductive care.... The new plan to fund reproductive services passed 4-1 on Wednesday. Commissioner Mingus Mapps cast the only ‘no’ vote, saying he was “genuinely mystified” by what the City Council was trying to accomplish by allocating the $200,000 to fund reproductive care....