Texas sheriff says he ‘will not persecute’ those seeking an abortion

Javier Salazar posted on Facebook that he would not use his power to impose the morals' of others on those exercising a right'

A Texas sheriff, whose beat largely includes the city of San Antonio, has declared he would not be pursuing those in his jurisdiction who choose to get an abortion after the supreme court scrapping of federal abortion rights.

In a Facebook post he shared on Tuesday, Bexar county sheriff Javier Salazar wrote of his two beautiful and intelligent" daughters, whom he said have a right to choose what to do with their own bodies.