Anyone streaming the filibuster in TX?

[motzie]

IT department be damned, lol. Go Wendy!

[captainmel]

Tell me more?

[motzie]

I can't link from my phone at the moment...


Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, kicked-off an intended 13-hour filibuster to stop sweeping restrictions on abortion from moving to the governor’s desk.

Before a packed gallery bedecked in supportive orange shirts, Davis decried the pending legislation, which must be voted on by midnight to pass.

“I’m rising on the floor today to humbly give voice to thousands of Texans who have been ignored,” Davis said.

“These voices have been silenced by a governor who made blind partisanship and person political ambition the official business of our great state,” she said.

The bill is touted by supporters for raising the level of care for women, but detractors say it is designed to shut down clinics and push doctors away from performing the procedure.

Under the bill, abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy would be banned, all clinics would be required to be upgraded to high-standard surgical centers, doctors would need admitting privileges at hospitals and new restrictions would be placed on abortion-inducing pill procedures.

Davis, referencing a Tweet by Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, said the real plan was not to help women, but to shut down clinics. Dewhurst had made such a reference, saying the reason for the bill was that more than 30 clinics would be closed down under the new regulations.

She said the bill would interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, impose new regulations without any medical basis and eliminate safe and legal abortions to poor women and those who could not travel.

The intent, Davis said, “is to force the closure of multiple facilities across the state of Texas without a single care or concern for the women whose lives will be impacted by that decision.”

Taking aim at the Republican leadership, Davis said that the bill, passed without accepting any amendments designed to mitigate the most devastating effects, is to feed a narrow political interest.

[captainmel]

Go Wendy!

[smock]

Go Wendy go!

[motzie]

Only 5 hours to go. I love this woman so hard.

[motzie]

Dammit, time zones. 6 hours to go.

[Muddled]

She is a rockstar. A hero, really.

[Muddled]

Jun 25, 2013 22:03:56 GMT -5 pinkplasticdoll said:

She may have just made a third mistake which means her filibuster time is over, they are watiing for a ruling.

What happened?


They should bring the old school filibuster back to the federal government. It's too easy now.

[Muddled]

She made a hell of an effort.