In October, the city council in Mason, Ohio passed a “sanctuary city” ordinance that states abortion clinics are unwelcomed in the city of 33,300.
Laura Strietmann, who leads Greater Cincinnati Right to Life, says abortion supporters gathered signatures to respond with a voter referendum. Those signatures are now being examined and verified.
Meanwhile, the pro-life ordinance is not enforceable at the moment.
“It only passed 4-3,” Strietmann explains. “For it to have gone into immediate effect it would have had to pass at 5-2. So it only passed at 4-3, which meant it went into effect 30 days later.”
The city of Mason does not have an abortion clinic but, like many other municipalities that have passed a “sanctuary city” ordinance, some city leaders are taking a pro-life stance that says abortion is not welcome there.
