The electors shall have power to propose any ordinance except an ordinance appropriating money or authorizing the levy of taxes, and to adopt or reject the same at the polls, such power being known as the initiative.

Any initiative ordinance may be submitted to the Council by a petition signed by qualified electors of the City equal in number to at least twenty-five (25) per centum of the number of votes cast at the last regular municipal election.

"What followed was one of the coolest things I’ve ever gotten to be a part of.

In addition to the help of people from throughout my community, individuals from surrounding towns in West Texas and whole families driving in from East Texas were willing to come to Brownfield and go door to door –  all in the pouring rain – informing our citizens of the ordinance being rejected, and collect signatures that would give the ordinance another chance to be considered before the council, all because they wanted to help protect the sanctity of life in a town that wasn’t even their own."

"We came together and spent long hours into the night planning and coordinating, verifying the collected signatures until we were bleary-eyed and getting snappy with each other. In the middle of it all, I saw strangers become friends, and my friends and family open their homes and lend us their tables, all of us bonding over the same burning desire to see life preserved."

While it is true that abortion is outlawed in the entire State of Texas, from the point of conception, our work is far from over. Right now, throughout the State of Texas, women are being trafficked across our borders by abortion traffickers funded by abortion trafficking organizations still operating in our state. As a result, these women are being abused and traumatized by abortion across our Texas–New Mexico border and sent back to Texas for our cities and counties to deal with the aftermath taking place in our homes, our schools, our churches, and our hospitals.

The Sanctuary for the Unborn ordinances seek to protect these institutions by putting safeguards in place to protect men, women, and their children for years to come. These ordinances, which seek to close as many loopholes as possible, do not penalize women who seek or undergo abortions, but place the penalty on the party who most deserves it – the abortionist and the industry profiting from the unjust procedure, including abortion traffickers.​

The electors shall have power to propose any ordinance except an ordinance appropriating money or authorizing the levy of taxes, and to adopt or reject the same at the polls, such power being known as the initiative.

Any initiative ordinance may be submitted to the Council by a petition signed by qualified electors of the City equal in number to at least twenty-five (25) per centum of the number of votes cast at the last regular municipal election.

"What followed was one of the coolest things I’ve ever gotten to be a part of.

In addition to the help of people from throughout my community, individuals from surrounding towns in West Texas and whole families driving in from East Texas were willing to come to Brownfield and go door to door –  all in the pouring rain – informing our citizens of the ordinance being rejected, and collect signatures that would give the ordinance another chance to be considered before the council, all because they wanted to help protect the sanctity of life in a town that wasn’t even their own."

"We came together and spent long hours into the night planning and coordinating, verifying the collected signatures until we were bleary-eyed and getting snappy with each other. In the middle of it all, I saw strangers become friends, and my friends and family open their homes and lend us their tables, all of us bonding over the same burning desire to see life preserved."

While it is true that abortion is outlawed in the entire State of Texas, from the point of conception, our work is far from over. Right now, throughout the State of Texas, women are being trafficked across our borders by abortion traffickers funded by abortion trafficking organizations still operating in our state. As a result, these women are being abused and traumatized by abortion across our Texas–New Mexico border and sent back to Texas for our cities and counties to deal with the aftermath taking place in our homes, our schools, our churches, and our hospitals.

The Sanctuary for the Unborn ordinances seek to protect these institutions by putting safeguards in place to protect men, women, and their children for years to come. These ordinances, which seek to close as many loopholes as possible, do not penalize women who seek or undergo abortions, but place the penalty on the party who most deserves it – the abortionist and the industry profiting from the unjust procedure, including abortion traffickers.​