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Yesterday, the
American Taliban Republican Texas legislature
passed the onerous bill that will restrict a woman's reproductive health choices dramatically.
Gov. Rick "Oops" Perry (R-Uterus) is expected to sign the bill, which will then be
challenged immediately in court. The human face of the opposition to this march backwards is Democratic
State Sen. Wendy Davis:
In closing her own speech late Friday night, [Tex Sen. Wendy] Davis
told the groggy lawmakers, those in the gallery and beyond, “The fight
for the future of Texas is just beginning.”
And then, minutes after the vote, she spoke again, through a
bullhorn, to an immense crowd of supporters in front of the Capitol
building. Ms. Davis called out to the orange-clad throng to turn their
anger into political change. “Let’s make sure tonight is not an ending
point,” she said. “It’s a beginning point as we work to take this state
back.”
As one over-reaching Republican-controlled state after another passes medieval legislation designed to restrict a woman's right to privacy and choice, the fight needs to be carried to the courts and, regardless of whether court challenges succeed, the ballot box. That's why the second front of this fight involves voting rights and countering Republican efforts to suppress voting by Democratic constituencies following the Roberts Court decision in
Shelby County v. Holder. We can't afford to lose that fight either.
