@j*oono wrote:
No, I haven't and I'm amazed at the media and newspapers that pick up these lunatics and publish their rubbish.
Texas? Send in Dr Phil. Haha that will fix them.
It's not really making the news much.
http://gawker.com/texas-senators-13-hour-solo-filibuster-kills-brutal-ab-583664002
After 13 hours, three warnings, a long debate about parliamentary procedure and hundreds of thousands of messages from supporters, Wendy Davis can finally sit down: SB5, the "toughest" abortion bill in the nation, is dead.
Davis, a Democratic Texas State Senator (once called a "show horse" by Rick Perry) took to the floor around 11 a.m. yesterday in an attempt to filibuster the draconian bill, which Republicans were attempting to ram through in a sneaky special session of the legislature called by Gov. Rick Perry. The bill would criminalize abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy and enact a series of severe restrictions on doctors to provide care, leaving Texasโthe nation's second-largest stateโwith only five abortion providers.
These were the rules: Davisโwho had her first daughter at 19, graduated at the top of her class at Texas Christian University, and went on to Harvard Lawโcouldn't take a break, for water or for the bathroom. She couldn't receive assistance, or even lean on an object for support. She had to stay on topics germane to the bill. And she had to last until midnight, at which point the special session would end without a vote.
