BELLEVUE- Just a week after Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced there was not enough support to call a special legislative session to ban abortion in the state, a group in Bellevue is taking matter into their own hands.

Bellevue City Attorney Bree Robbins said a request for a special election was filed with the city on Aug. 1 that would outlaw abortion and abortion-inducing drugs, and declare Bellevue a sanctuary city for the unborn. Robbins said the petitioners have until next February to gather the amount of signatures they need to place the issue on a special election ballot.

The measure would even go as far as requiring Bellevue's Public Library to limit access to information pertaining to abortion.

Robbins said the petitioners have until next February to gather the amount of signatures they need to place the issue on a special election ballot.

Two smaller communities, Hayes Center and Stapleton, have already gone through the sanctuary process.

While Bellevue isn't the first town looking to approve an abortion ban, it is the first Nebraska city that actually has an abortion clinic to be targeted. Officials with that clinic, CARE, told our partners at WOWT 6 News that if the ordinance is approved, they would consider opening a new clinic in Omaha.

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