King County Council pledges $1 million to help those seeking abortions out of state

King County is devoting $1 million in emergency funding to help with the potential flood of abortion-seeking women in the Pacific Northwest.

The full council voted with the ordinance passing 8-1. Most members argued that the expenditure was justified because the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

“The Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade is the culmination of a decades-long strategy by right-wing zealots to strip the essential right to abortion care from millions of Americans,” King County Executive Dow Constantine said.

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Constantine announced the emergency funding, saying the county plans to “live up to our

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