Abortion bill defeated after Texas Republicans concede vote came too late
In a stunning turn of events early Wednesday, Republican leaders in the Texas Senate conceded that hotly contested abortion legislation had not been approved as they had earlier claimed.
The bill would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and require that all procedures take place in a surgical center.
It was a top priority for Republican legislative leaders, and experts estimate that it could lead to closure of 37 of the state’s 42 abortion clinics.
In a chaotic scene that captured national attention, a filibuster by Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, designed to derail the bill was thwarted a couple hours short of her goal. The special legislative session was scheduled to end at midnight, and Davis had hoped to hold the floor until then, preventing a vote by the majority GOP.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/06/26/4963095/fort-worth-senator-plans-to-speak.html
I know that Sen. Davis' actions last night have been widely reported and talked about all over DU, but I still thought the HoF group would be the most appropriate venue to post this.
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