Texas Forces San Antonio to Stop Funding Abortions

The City of San Antonio can no longer fund abortion-related services, including out-of-state travel, due to the passage of Senate Bill 33 in 2025 and enforcement actions by the Texas Attorney General’s Office, according to a new release issued earlier today. In 2025, the Texas Legislature passed (and Gov. Greg Abbott signed) Senate Bill 33, which prohibits governmental entities from using taxpayer funds to support abortion providers or “abortion assistance entities,” including logistical support such as travel to other states for abortions not permitted in Texas.

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The City of San Antonio had previously established a $100,000 allocation within its Reproductive Justice Fund specifically to cover travel for out-of-state abortions. That program has now ended as a result of the new law and related legal action.

“We are grateful that one of our major pro-life goals from last year’s legislative session has now been fully realized,” said Dr. Joe Pojman, President of Texans for Life. “Thanks to Gov. Greg Abbott, the Legislature, and the Attorney General, taxpayers in San Antonio — and every other city in Texas — are protected from being forced to pay for abortion services, including travel to obtain abortions not legal in our state.”

Dr. Pojman added, “We have long urged San Antonio and other cities to use tax dollars to promote compassionate alternatives to abortion for women facing unplanned pregnancies, rather than funding abortions.”

Dr. Pojman worked closely with SB 33’s authors, Sen. Donna Campbell (R-New Braunfels) and Rep. Candy Noble (R-Lucas), to refine the bill’s language.

Texans for Life has been working to build a culture of life in Texas through education and public policy since 1983. Texans for Life is a statewide pro-life organization based in Arlington, Texas, dedicated to promoting and protecting innocent human life from conception to natural death across the state.

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