“I want to be clear: That is what is motivating to restricting abortion access. There are very few who sincerely believe that pregnant people should lose this right. What they do sincerely care about are their own political futures.”
. Not stopping to drink, eat, sit to rest her feet and knees, or even use the bathroom, Davis succeeded in delaying the vote.
Wendy Davis spoke to the Women’s Media Center about how the anti-abortion law affects women, especially women of color and low-income women, how women can fight for their right to choose, and how this right cannot be taken for granted. Anguish, fear, and anger kind of all mixed together.I expected it would pass because I know this legislature all too well, and unfortunately, we don’t have the number of Democrats needed to block things like this.
The Southern states are sort of the only game in town because [Republicans have] had control of how districts are drawn for such a long time now, the general elections really don’t matter in terms of threatening their viability and their ability to advance their political futures. Instead, they focus strictly on a very small minority of voters who occupy the far-right fringes of Republican primary voters.
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