It is unclear how many soldiers have been deployed, as the Texas Military Department, Department of Public Safety, and Governor Greg Abbott have not responded to requests for comment.
Stephanie Carter, a nurse practitioner at the Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Center in Temple, Texas, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for not allowing her a religious accommodation to opt out of participating in the agency's new federally funded abortion plan, citing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act which requires the federal government to accommodate religious objections.
El Paso, Texas has declared a state of emergency and requested additional resources from the state due to a surge in border crossings and overwhelmed law enforcement.
At least 420 acts of hostility against churches occurred in the United States over the past five years, while 57 of those hostile acts between January and September 2022 have been related to abortion, an analysis suggests.