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Wendy Davis, Texas State Senator, Weighing Future After Abortion Bill Filibuster
This video has a lot of facts that didn't show up on the major networks. She didn't actually get all the way to midnight, but the people in the gallery and her appeal wasted enough time for the vote to take place too late. One thing I will never understand is why do rich males feel they have the knowledge and right to legislate a woman's body? I'm not speaking in favor or against abortion itself, but since when does any male have knowledge of birthing? Shouldn't that be left to the people actually giving birth, not causing them? One last thing that I find interesting and something that Senator Davis pointed out was that Conservatives always complain about too big of government and invasion of privacy, yet here they are trying to legislate a human. One thing I pulled from this was that the people do have a voice not only through elections but actually attending votes. Those people made the difference, and it feels good knowing that I might be able to make an actual difference too.
This video has a lot of facts that didn't show up on the major networks. She didn't actually get all the way to midnight, but the people in the gallery and her appeal wasted enough time for the vote to take place too late. One thing I will never understand is why do rich males feel they have the knowledge and right to legislate a woman's body? I'm not speaking in favor or against abortion itself, but since when does any male have knowledge of birthing? Shouldn't that be left to the people actually giving birth, not causing them? One last thing that I find interesting and something that Senator Davis pointed out was that Conservatives always complain about too big of government and invasion of privacy, yet here they are trying to legislate a human. One thing I pulled from this was that the people do have a voice not only through elections but actually attending votes. Those people made the difference, and it feels good knowing that I might be able to make an actual difference too.