Texas Anti-Abortion Bill Fast-Tracked By GOP
After Texas Republican lawmakers ran out of time last week and failed to pass their anti-abortion bill in the first special session of the legislature, they're taking no chances the second time...
View ArticleGOP lawmakers in Texas take another swing at stricter abortion limits
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View ArticleTexas abortion battle resumes amid mass protest
The state legislature in Texas has held a second special session to revive a controversial bill banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The session was called by Republican Governor Rick Perry...
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 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 ArticleTexas Special Session Beginning With Abortion Fight
AUSTIN, Texas -- Round two of Texas' fierce ideological battle over abortion limits was set to begin Monday, less than a week after a Democratic filibuster and hundreds of raucous protesters threw the...
View ArticleIn Texas, abortion battle is set to resume
HOUSTON — With sweeping abortion legislation poised to come before Texas lawmakers again this week, activists on both sides mobilized to bring protesters to the Capitol in Austin. Last week's...
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 Article>Texas lawmakers are back, and so is abortion fight
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Round two of Texas' fierce ideological battle over abortion limits was set to begin Monday, less than a week after a Democratic filibuster and hundreds of raucous protesters threw...
View ArticleTexas lawmakers are back, and so is abortion fight
AUSTIN, Texas -- Round two of Texas' fierce ideological battle over abortion limits was set to begin Monday, less than a week after a Democratic filibuster and hundreds of raucous protesters threw the...
View Article>Texas lawmakers reconvene for new abortion fight
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — 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...
View ArticleTexas lawmakers reconvene for new abortion fight
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- 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...
View Article5 Things to Watch as Texas Lawmakers Debate Anti-Abortion Bill Again
Share 0 For Democrats in Texas hoping to prevent an anti-abortion bill a second time from passing through the state legislature, time will be both an enemy and a friend. Republicans now have a second...
View ArticleSenator life's explodes since filibuster
Story Highlights Davis was chosen to filibuster because she is female with two daughtersVisitors to gallery helped her finishShe's appeared on TV from CNN to NBC's Meet the Press AUSTIN, Texas -- From...
View ArticleWendy Davis Reflects On Filibuster And The Coming Special Session Abortion...
After Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis' 11-hour filibuster helped defeat a controversial anti-abortion bill aimed at severely cutting access to abortion services across Texas, even her Republican...
View ArticleIn Texas, abortion battle is set to resume
HOUSTON — With sweeping abortion legislation poised to come before Texas lawmakers again this week, activists on both sides mobilized to bring protesters to the Capitol in Austin. Last week's...
View ArticleTexas lawmakers reconvene for new abortion fight
Click photo to enlarge Pro-abortion rights supporters cheer during a rally outside the Texas capitol, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Senate has convened for a new 30-day special...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Senate approves sweeping abortion bill
DURHAM, N.C. -- To cries of "Shame! Shame! Shame!"’ from outraged women, the state Senate in North Carolina on Wednesday passed a bill that would impose new licensing requirements and other...
View ArticleLegislature reconvenes for Round 2 of Texas abortion battle
Texas Filibuster in Progress AUSTIN, Texas — Less than a week after a one-woman filibuster and a raucous crowd stymied new abortion legislation that would have been among the most restrictive in the...
View ArticleTexas’ abortion fight begins anew as lawmakers head back to work for second...
AUSTIN, Texas — Round two of Texas’ fierce ideological battle over abortion limits was set to begin Monday, less than a week after a Democratic filibuster and hundreds of raucous protesters threw the...
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