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The Influence Of Abortion

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Wendy Davis served on the Fort Worth city council and represented district 10 in the Texas senate from 2009 to 2015. She is a democrat in a historically republican state with strong views on abortion, gun laws, and the death penalty. She is also a woman in an occupation highly dominated by men. Recently, abortion has been a highly controversial topic, fueling heated debates in Congress and among state officials. In 2013, Wendy Davis took a stand on abortion and held a successful, 13-hour filibuster to delay the passing of an abortion bill. This brought national attention to her legacy and to Texas’ efforts in abortion prevention.
This bill, (the House Bill 2) includes amendments that would legislate some of the most confining abortion regulations …show more content…

Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a majority opinion tied to the case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt on March 2, 2016. This case involves “a group of abortion providers who sued the State of Texas seeking to invalidate the provisions related to facilities in McAllen and El Paso. They argued that H.B.2 denied equal protection, unlawfully delegated lawmaking authority, and constituted arbitrary and unreasonable state actions” (Whole Woman’s). Ginsburg wrote that “When a State severely limits access to safe and legal procedures, women in desperate circumstances may resort to unlicensed rogue practitioners ... at great risk to their health and safety” …show more content…

Abbott received almost 60 percent of the vote while Davis reported 38.9 percent, around a 20-point margin. Davis trailed largely with white voters and women, but beat Abbott among Latinos and African Americans (Texas). This was not necessarily a surprise to most people though.
Davis said that the obstacles she had to overcome, involving those revolved around her personal life, family, and parenting, were much larger and varied greatly compared to those that she would’ve faced if she were a male candidate.
Even with the loss, Wendy Davis has not stopped advocating for women. She has been reported to be working to launch a women’s equality initiative. She also has been working with abortion clinics and Pro-Choice organizations to make strides towards giving women the choice of what to do with their body. She hopes to return to office but in the meantime will not stop working to protect and enhance women’s rights. Davis is a courageous leader and a wonderful role model for young girls to stand up for what they believe in and to never give

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