Hayes Center now among 'Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn'

Hayes Center now ‘Sanctuary City for the Unborn’

HAYES CENTER, Neb. — Hayes Center has joined 23 Texas cities in outlawing abortion within the city limits.

Meeting Tuesday, the village board of trustees passed an ordinance declaring “it shall be unlawful for any person to procure or perform an abortion of any type and at any stage of pregnancy in the Village of Hayes Center, Nebraska,” and “It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly aid or abet an abortion that occurs in the Village of Hayes Center, Nebraska.”

Using a draft provided by Mark Lee Dickson, founder of Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn, the ordinance does not include Plan B, birth control devices or oral contraceptives, but does include abortion-inducing drugs such as mifepristone, misoprostol and “any drug or medication that is used to terminate the life of an unborn.”

Visiting Hayes Center from Texas last week, Dickson said his movement is a stand against the “promise by the Biden Administration to make abortion access available to every zip code in America.”

The ordinance is enforceable with a maximum $500 fine due to existing statutes.

Dickson said Jonathan F. Mitchell, a former Texas solicitor general, has agreed to represent the city at no cost should the ordinance be challenged in court.

More information about the movement can be found here.