Texas senator filibusters against abortion bill

[Valin]

AP:

 

 

JIM VERTUNO and WILL WEISSERT

6/25/13

 

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Wearing pink tennis shoes to prepare for nearly 13 consecutive hours of standing, a Democratic Texas state senator on Tuesday began her one-woman filibuster to block a GOP-led effort that would effectively close most abortion clinics across the nation's second most-populous state.

 

Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth began the filibuster at 11:18 a.m. CDT Tuesday. In order to derail a vote in the GOP-dominated Senate, she must keep speaking on the bill until midnight - the deadline for the end of the 30-day special session.

 

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The bill would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy and force many clinics that perform the procedure to upgrade their facilities and be classified as ambulatory surgical centers. Also, doctors would be required to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles - a tall order in rural communities.

 

"If this passes, abortion would be virtually banned in the state of Texas, and many women could be forced to resort to dangerous and unsafe measures," said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund and daughter of the late former Texas governor Ann Richards.

 

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[Draggingtree]

Updated: 3:24 a.m. Wednesday, June 26, 2013 | Posted: 11:27 a.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Dewhurst declares abortion bill dead, blames 'unruly mob'

By Chuck Lindell and Mike Ward

American-Statesman Staff

Updated at 3:12 a.m.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst returned to the Senate floor at 3:01 a.m., banged the gavel and announced that, “regrettably, the constitutional time expired” on the special session.

Senate Bill 5 cannot be signed because it passed after

midnight, he said.

After making his announcement, Dewhurst paused, then added: “It’s been fun, but, uh, see you soon.”

The crowds in the Capitol, loudly cheering early word that the bill had failed, let loose with another rousing cheer when told that it was official.

Speaking to reporters afterward, Dewhurst said he was furious about the night’s events.

“An unruly mob, using Occupy Wall Street tactics, disrupted the Senate from protecting unborn babies,” he said.

Dewhurst said SB5 passed 19-10, but with all the ruckus and noise, he couldn’t hear the proceedings, and now “I can’t sign the bill” so it can go to Gov. Rick Perry.

Updated at 2:45 a.m.

Senate Bill 5 did not pass in time and will not be sent to the governor, two Democratic senators said after senators of both parties met privately in a room off the Senate floor for almost an hour.

The time stamp showing the vote completed after midnight was a deciding factor.

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/davis-starts-filibuster-to-stop-abortion-bill/nYTqs/

 

Wish I could have copied the video, nothing but collage kids.

[Draggingtree]

Call Them Back, @GovernorPerry

By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | June 26th, 2013 at 07:10 AM

When last the Republicans filibustered anywhere, it was Rand Paul who led Mike Lee of Utah, Ted Cruz of Texas, and others to filibuster over the use of drones against Americans in the United States. The Democrats chose to filibuster legislation that would save the lives of American citizens. It is telling.

Last night in Texas, white southern Democrats played true to history. They rallied and filibustered legislation that would have protected a class of American citizens on the grounds that those citizens were not actually citizens. Texas’s legislature had before it legislation that would ban late term abortions of children who could, were they born, survive.

In fact, like the Kermit Gosnell situation, Texas has uncovered a monster of its own who delivered those children live then twisted their heads off. Snip http://www.redstate.com/2013/06/26/call-them-back-governorperry/

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It was a travesty. Talk about repressing a vote. The filibuster was fine, but finished at 11:45. Then a mob of non-elected people basically takes over the chamber and prevents a vote from occurring in time. Sad state of affairs.

[Valin]

It was a travesty. Talk about repressing a vote. The filibuster was fine, but finished at 11:45. Then a mob of non-elected people basically takes over the chamber and prevents a vote from occurring in time. Sad state of affairs.

Not surprising. I have heard Rick Perry may call them back.

[Draggingtree]

 

It was a travesty. Talk about repressing a vote. The filibuster was fine, but finished at 11:45. Then a mob of non-elected people basically takes over the chamber and prevents a vote from occurring in time. Sad state of affairs.

Not surprising. I have heard Rick Perry may call them back.

 

Well I just went to his site and left a message as you can see I received -- Thank You for Contacting the Office of the Governor

[Draggingtree]

June 27, 2013 4:00 AM

Stand with . . . Death

No, Wendy Davis is not a hero.

 

ByCharles C. W. Cooke

Funnily enough, there is nothing in the American social contract that permits the disgruntled to scream their way to political victory. On Tuesday night, however, you could have been forgiven for thinking otherwise. When a speaking filibuster conducted by America’s new pro-choice darling, Wendy Davis, was ended by a procedural technicality,

 

It is precisely the knowledge of how babies develop that informs my revulsion at their execution.

 

We might recap: By the time that a baby has been in utero for one month, blood is pumping around the body. In the second month, facial features develop, including the growth of ears, eyes, arms, legs, toes, and fingers. At six weeks, the baby’s brain, spinal cord, and central nervous system are all pretty well formed — in outline at least. By the two-month mark, sensory organs begin to develop and bone replaces cartilage.

 

Three months in, arms, hands, fingers, feet, and toes are fully formed, and the baby can grab with its fists as well as open and close its mouth. Teeth are on their way, as are reproductive organs. In month four, the baby is fully formed, and eyelids, eyebrows, eyelashes, nails, and hair develop. At this point, a baby can suck his thumb, yawn, hiccup, stretch, and make faces. At 18 weeks, the baby can move around, and experience REM sleep, including dreams. At 20 weeks, some studies show, it can recognize its mother’s voice. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/352146/stand-death-charles-c-w-cooke