Texas Abortion Bill Did Not Pass

It might not have been easy to stand on the House floor in those pink running shoes for over 10 hours, but it looks like Senator Wendy Davis’s filibuster actually worked. Despite first claiming to have successfully passed the expansive abortion restriction bill that Davis had attempted to stall, Republican reps. later recanted their victory, admitting that—thanks to the delay—the vote took place after midnight, when the legislative session expired, and was marred by confusion. This is bad news for Texas Governor Rick Perry, who was ready to sign the bill into law as part of his goal to make abortion “a thing of the past” this year.

At around 3:20 a.m., Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards told raucous supporters in the Texas Capitol Rotunda that the abortion bill was dead.

Read it at New York Timese abortion “a thing of the past” this year.

At around 3:20 a.m., Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards told raucous supporters in the Texas Capitol Rotunda that the abortion bill was dead.