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Meanwhile, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has fought against Texas’ abortion ban through other means. A Chicago economic development arm she heads purchased an ad in the Dallas Morning News earlier this month inviting corporations there to relocate to Chicago, where there are liberal abortion and voting laws. The latter was a shot at another Texas law, also signed this month, adding voting restrictions that critics say could erode minority turnout.

Meanwhile, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has fought against Texas’ abortion ban through other means. A Chicago economic development arm she heads purchased an ad in the Dallas Morning News earlier this month inviting corporations there to relocate to Chicago, where there are liberal abortion and voting laws. The latter was a shot at another Texas law, also signed this month, adding voting restrictions that critics say could erode minority turnout.

Members of the abortion rights group Reproaction demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Sept. 9, 2021. A man in Arkansas and another in Illinois on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, filed what appeared to be the first legal actions under a strict new abortion law in Texas that is enforced by ordinary citizens, regardless of where they live. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)