Lubbock's Ordinance for Life
The Facts:

Is this a political issue?

We feel this is a moral issue. We are asking the community of Lubbock to choose life over death.

 

PSALM 139:13-16 (NIV)

13 FOR YOU ARE CREATED IN MY INMOST BEING; YOU KNIT ME TOGETHER IN MY MOTHER’S WOMB.

14 I PRAISE YOU BECAUSE I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE; YOUR WORKS ARE WONDERFUL, I KNOW THAT FULL WELL.

15 MY FRAME WAS NOT HIDDEN FROM YOU WHEN I WAS WOVEN TOGETHER IN THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH.

16 YOUR EYES SAW MY UNFORMED BODY; ALL THE DAYS ORDAINED FOR ME WERE WRITTEN IN YOUR BOOK BEFORE ONE OF THEM CAM TO BE.

 

What would be the cost to the city of Lubbock and its taxpayers?

NOTHING! Former Texas Solicitor General, attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell agrees the Ordinance for Life is legal and is willing to represent Lubbock at no cost to the taxpayers should any lawsuits arise from this ordinance. Twenty-three (23) other Texas cities that have formally adopted this ordinance have not seen any legal challenges because the ordinance is within Federal, State and Local law.

 

Is the ordinance constitutional?

YES! The US Constitution does NOT give anyone the right to take an innocent person’s life. What it does affirm is certain truths as self evident – that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among them are LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Abortion destroys their people’s rights to LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

 

Can the church speak on political issues? Will it jeopardize the church’s tax-exempt status?

In return for its favored tax-status, a charitable nonprofit promises the federal government that it will not engage in “political campaign activity” and if it does, IRS regulations mandate that the charitable nonprofit will lose its tax-exempt status. This prohibition against political campaign activity (defined as “supporting or opposing a candidate for public office”) is SEPARATE from lobbying or legislative activities, which charitable nonprofits ARE permitted to engage in. A church is allowed to take positions on issues that are important to it and its congregation. Such “issue advocacy” can even touch on topics that are central to a political campaign without running afoul of the rules.

 

What is the history of abortion and its current injustice in the U.S.?

  • Roe v. Wade viewed babies not as people and therefore not having constitutional rights.
  • Pro-Choice views the mother as having the right to control her body including her baby. Therefore, her baby inside is seen as her “property”.
  • Modern medical science now shows babies are clearly living, human, and should have rights.
  • 2,300 babies are terminated a day, 860,000+ per year and 60 million in the U.S. since Roe v Wade.
  • In 2017, Abortions were the number one cause of death surpassing the second-place category or heart disease (647,457) and more than the third-place category of cancer (599,108) and twice the amount of the remaining 8 top 10 causes of death combined.

    Who is Project Destiny Lubbock?
    Project Destiny Lubbock is a Special Purpose PAC established by local citizens for the express purpose of campaigning for and passing the proposed Ordinance which will outlaw abortions in Lubbock. Project Destiny Lubbock has arisen from the grass roots initiative of individuals, business leaders, non-profit organizations, and ministries.

The unborn cannot vote but you can. Pro-abortionists want you to believe abortion and abortion-on-demand "clinics" should be treated (in the words of a local, liberal political official) the same as a "new church or grocery store." Huh? Lubbock is different - we are proud, God fearing people who know in their heart what is right and what is wrong.

Is this ordinance legal?

On September 25, 2020, Texas State Senator Charles Perry, filed an ordinance with the City of Lubbock to petition them to adopt an ordinance making Lubbock a Sanctuary City for the Unborn.  The city leaders then hired an outside law firm, Olsen and Olsen, of Dallas, Texas to research the legality of the ordinance.  Olsen and Olsen have familial ties with Planned Parenthood.  It is no surprise that they found the ordinance to not be lawful.

Project Destiny Lubbock can assure you that much research has gone into the writing of the ordinance and its legality.  This ordinance is widely accepted by well known lawyers in Texas to not only be legal, but that it is written within the bounds of the Texas Constitution.  In fact, our former Texas Solicitor General, Attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell, agrees that this ordinance is legal and is willing to represent Lubbock at no cost to the city and taxpayers should any lawsuits arise from this ordinance.  The City of Lubbock has already spent thousands of dollars on the outside law firm, Olsen and Olsen at the expense of the taxpayers.