Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 26, 2013
After Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst stopped the Democratic state senator two hours short of her attempted 13-hour filibuster of a strict anti-abortion bill, pandemonium erupted in the gallery. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJun 26, 2013
The Democratic Texas state senator is single-handedly trying to block an extreme anti-abortion bill being pushed by Republicans that would significantly reduce access to the procedure and ban it outright after 20 weeks of pregnancy in the U.S.’ second most populous state. (UPDATED) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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