Portland to vote on banning city business with Texas after abortion law

City council members in Oregon's largest city will vote Wednesday.

Local lawmakers in Portland, Oregon, are set to vote on an "emergency resolution" on Wednesday to ban the city's procurement of goods and services from the state of Texas in the wake of its restrictive new abortion law. The resolution, which will be voted on by the Portland City Council, also seeks to ban city employee business travel to Texas. "The ban will be in effect until the state of Texas withdraws its unconstitutional ban on abortion or until it is overturned in court," a statement from Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler's office said of the resolution. "City legal counsel is currently evaluating the legal aspects of this proposed resolution," the statement added. "The Portland City Council stands unified in its belief that all people should have the right to choose if and when they carry a pregnancy and that the decisions they make are complex, difficult and unique to their circumstances."