Pro-Life Stance - Reject Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Travel
Dr. Tim Westley Demands Accountability: Reject Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Travel in San Antonio
A Better Use for $100,000
There are countless ways this money could benefit San Antonio families, businesses, and communities without contributing to the destruction of innocent, unborn lives. Here’s how $100,000 could make a meaningful impact:
1. Public Safety and Community Support
- Emergency Equipment for First Responders: Equip firefighters with the additional ambulances needed and police officers with life-saving tools.
- Neighborhood Safety Initiatives: Install better lighting and surveillance cameras in high-crime areas.
2. Homelessness – expanding resources for the city’s most vulnerable.
3. Mental Health and Wellness - Fund mobile units to provide mental health support.
4. Veterans' Support - Fund workshops to help veterans transition to civilian careers.
5. Economic Development - Small Business Grants: Provide $5,000 to $10,000 grants to 10–20 small businesses to foster growth or emergency recovery.
San Antonio’s 2025 budget may be $3.96 billion, but every dollar matters. Before spending a single penny of taxpayer money on abortion travel, the City Council must consider the countless lives that $100,000 could improve—without taking a single innocent life. This proposal does not reflect the values of most San Antonians.
If this measure isn’t voted down before the mayoral election, rest assured its better days are behind it. As your next mayor, I will fight to ensure not a dime of our hard-earned tax dollars is spent circumventing Texas law or enabling the destruction of unborn lives.
A City of Faith: Honoring San Antonio’s Core Values
San Antonio, with a population of approximately 1.5 million, is undeniably a city rooted in faith. Of its residents, an estimated 540,000 to 600,000 identify as Roman Catholic, and 525,000 to 600,000 are Protestant, making faith a defining characteristic of this community—regardless of political affiliation. Abortion directly opposes the foundational tenets of these beliefs. To fund it in any capacity is not just reckless; it is an outright affront to the deeply held values of the “majority” -- the City Council was elected to represent.