Texas abortion showdown continues
July 3, 2013 -- Updated 0456 GMT (1256 HKT) Texas Sen. Wendy Davis, center, is surrounded by Texas representatives and senators after leading a rally in support of women's rights to reproductive...
View ArticlePerry's contradiction on abortion, West explosion and 'public safety'
Let me see if I get this straight. According to our governor and his like-minded ilk in the Legislature, you just can't be too careful when it comes to protecting women's health and safety. Before...
View ArticleTexas lawmakers reconvene for new abortion fight
State troopers lined the halls of the Texas Capitol, and 5,000 protesters rallied outside against proposed abortion legislation, as lawmakers convened Monday for a second special session that...
View ArticleAbortion restrictions pass North Carolina Senate amid protests
Published July 03, 2013Associated Press July 3, 2013: Capitol police stand guard at an entrance to the Senate gallery as people gather at the state legislature while Senate Republicans gave their...
View ArticleTexas Abortion Ban Limits More Than Abortions
Share 0 Republican lawmakers in Texas are hell-bent on passing a bill that will eliminate nearly every abortion clinic in the state. They're probably going to succeed. The filibuster tactic that...
View ArticleGov. Rick Perry uses Sen. Wendy Davis’ personal story to question her...
GRAPEVINE — Gov. Rick Perry gave a spirited defense Thursday of Republican proposals to curtail abortions, telling a national anti-abortion group that he would not “make things easy for abortionists.”...
View ArticleTexas Debate on Abortion Restrictions Draws Thousands to Capitol
Both sides of the abortion debate clashed in competing rallies at the Texas capitol as lawmakers prepared to consider restrictions that might close most of the clinics that perform the procedure....
View ArticleTexas Capitol now center of larger abortion battle
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of abortion rights activists ensured that the first special legislative session descended into chaos. Now, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has convened a second one and urged...
View ArticleNorth Dakota pro-choice advocates file lawsuit against strict abortion law
Center for Reproductive Rights files third suit against slew of state laws aimed at making the state abortion free The lawsuit filed on behalf of the Red River Women's Clinic seeks to stop laws from...
View ArticleTexas abortion bill fight ends in chaos after marathon filibuster
HOUSTON— When Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis arrived at the Capitol in Austin on Tuesday morning wearing pink sneakers, everyone knew that a daylong, marathon filibuster was about to begin. So was a...
View ArticleAbortion bill is reported passed amid Senate ruckus
AUSTIN — Pandemonium reigned in the last minutes of the special legislative session, when Sen. Dan Patrick said new abortion restrictions were approved in a Senate vote that couldn't be heard over...
View ArticleRepublicans take aim at 13-hour abortion filibuster
AUSTIN — State Sen. Wendy Davis was targeted by Republican senators watching her every move for an error as she neared the ninth hour of a filibuster against a tighter abortion restrictions. Davis...
View ArticleDavis in seventh hour of abortion filibuster
AUSTIN — Nearing 6 p.m. Tuesday, state Sen. Wendy Davis' pink running shoes had become iconic among those who support her stance against an omnibus abortion bill and the filibuster she has staged for...
View Article>Abortion bill is reported passed amid Senate ruckus
AUSTIN, Texas — Pandemonium reigned in the last minutes of the special legislative session, when Sen. Dan Patrick said new abortion restrictions were approved in a Senate vote that couldn't be heard...
View ArticleTexas abortion bill fight resumes during special session
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Thousands of demonstrators descended on the Texas Capitol Monday, the majority expressing their opposition to new abortion restrictions that a Democratic filibuster and raucous...
View ArticleLt. Governor David Dewhurst Addresses the National Right to Life Convention...
(Source: State of Texas) Post Office Box 12068 Austin, Texas 78711 OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR David Dewhurst FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2013 Lt. Governor David Dewhurst Addresses the...
View ArticleFilibuster on abortion bills under way
AUSTIN — State Sen. Wendy Davis' filibuster of an omnibus abortion bill began at 11:18 a.m. Tuesday. She said she intends to continue until midnight, when the 30-day special session of the Legislature...
View ArticleDewhurst: Texas abortion bill won’t fail again
Associated Press GRAPEVINE — Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst promised Saturday that a bill toughening abortion restrictions would not be derailed again after screaming protesters this week drowned out...
View ArticleLawmaker's filibuster on abortion sets off debate
AUSTIN — Democrats' effort to kill abortion restrictions in a nationally noticed Texas Senate filibuster by Sen. Wendy Davis was thrown into turmoil Tuesday night. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst ruled Davis,...
View ArticleDemocratic tactics delay abortion debate
AUSTIN – Procedural questions and objections by House Democrats stalled legislation Sunday to ban abortion at 20 weeks and impose tighter regulations on the procedure. "We may not be in the majority,...
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