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Wendy Davis Singlehandedly Saves Abortion Access in Texas

Miles Kampf-Lassin June 26, 2013

Texas Democratic state senator Wendy Davis made history Tuesday night as she blocked the state legislature from passing a restrictive abortion bill through staging a one-woman, eleven-hour, epic filibuster.

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Miles Kampf-Lassin is Senior Editor at In These Times. Follow him at @MilesKLassin

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