Texas Abortion Filibuster

I want to give a huge amount of admiration for Texas State Senator Wendy Davis. She did a filibuster old school style. She stood and talked for 11 hours to defeat an abortion bill that would close all but 5 clinics in Texas which provide abortions. That was only one of 4 things the bill would have done. This filibuster differs from a US Senate filibuster because you actually have to stand there and talk for the duration of the filibuster, and you have to stay on topic. You have 3 strikes, if your opponents think you have strayed of topic they take a vote. After 3 strikes your filibuster is over.

Wendy Davis did have 3 strikes the third coming at 15 minutes before the bill would die. Then the gallery did a citizen filibuster by creating such a clamor that the vote was unable to happen before the deadline. Well, the GOP also did some SHENANIGANS with the time on the bill saying it passed by lying, but the information went out on Twitter and they got caught.

Governor Rick "Oops" Perry called for another special session to get the bill passed and they won't be as stupid about the planning of passage. But still, what an asshole. It was defeated, the country knows what you are doing in your state to make women second class citizens. Texas needs healthcare for women. They have the 4th highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation. They teach abstinence to teenagers instead of teaching them the facts about sex. Hence the pregnancy rate. They defunded Planned Parenthood from the Texas budget.

Men, especially old white men can have a say about abortion when they can carry a child to term. Until then, shut your small minded pieholes!