AUSTIN — The last minutes of the special legislative session fell into turmoil Tuesday as a nationally noticed Texas Senate filibuster by Sen. Wendy Davis to kill abortion restrictions was abruptly halted and Republicans sought to approve the proposal amid shouts from the gallery that prevented them from being heard. Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, a San Antonio Democrat who came to the chamber from her father's funeral, at one point sought to adjourn the sessionr but wasn't recognized by the senator who was presiding, Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock. “At what point must a female senator raise her hand or her voice to be recognized over a male colleague, senator?” Van de Putte asked, triggering a...
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