AUSTIN – Just a few hours after State Senator Wendy Davis and a raucous crowd managed to stop a strict abortion bill in Austin, Governor Rick Perry fired back this afternoon. He’s calling lawmakers back next week for a SECOND special session. Abortion is on the agenda – so are transportation funding and sentencing guidelines for 17-year-olds.
Abortion Bill Blocked in TX Senate
June 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
AUSTIN – Democrats blocked a bill in the Texas Senate last night that would have further regulated and restricted abortions in Texas. The minority party was able to combine an 11-hour filibuster with other procedural delays and activist outrage to delay a vote on the bill until just after midnight.
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