As you may or may not know, on Monday, the Texas House of Representatives passed a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks. Sounds reasonable, right? Well, the bill went to the Texas Senate, where it was supposed to be pass, then on to Gov. Perry's desk to be signed into law...unless Democrats, with their angry mob, were able to effectively filibuster it. Guess what Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and the Republican majority allowed to happen?
YahooNews: Despite barely beating a midnight deadline, hundreds of jeering protesters helped stop Texas lawmakers from passing one of the toughest abortion measures in the country.Cheering the death of children aborted after 20 weeks...how disgusting. Texas, this is yet another reason why we've gotta elect real conservatives in our state, and not more RINO Bushie wimps...which is precisely why I voted for CRUZ over Dupehurst.
As the protesters raised the noise to deafening levels in the Texas Senate chamber late Tuesday, Republicans scrambled to gather their colleagues at the podium for a stroke-of-midnight vote on some of the toughest abortion restrictions in the country.
Initially, Republicans insisted the vote started before the midnight deadline and passed the bill that Democrats spent the day trying to kill. But after official computer records and printouts of the voting record showed the vote took place Wednesday, and then were changed to read Tuesday, senators retreated into a private meeting to reach a conclusion.
At 3 a.m., Dewhurst emerged from the meeting still insisting the 19-10 vote was in time, but said, “with all the ruckus and noise going on, I couldn’t sign the bill” and declared it dead.
He denounced the more than 400 protesters who staged what they called “a people’s filibuster” from 11:45 p.m. to well past midnight. He denied mishandling the debate.
“I didn’t lose control (of the chamber). We had an unruly mob,” Dewhurst said. He even hinted that Gov. Rick Perry may immediately call another 30-day special session, adding: “It’s over. It’s been fun. But see you soon.”
This should have been easily passed with Republican majorities. When this is brought up again, after an untold number of more babies are murdered in our state, maybe you guys in the legislature can get this right and not allow the liberal mob to win out.
Related links: New Poll Finds Plurality Of Americans Support Ban On Abortions After 20 Weeks
Perry may call new special session after abortion bill dies
UPDATE I: BOOM! Gov. Perry Calls Special Session to Begin July 1st for another go at pro-life bill...
Twitchy: Texas State Senator Wendy Davis and a screaming mob of protesters may have successfully prevented a full vote on S.B. 5 last night, but Governor Rick Perry is not deterred. He has called another special legislative session for July 1 to give lawmakers another shot at defending the unborn:And as you can imagine, the Left is convulsing because they can't imagine not being able to abort Texas children whenever they'd like after 20 weeks.
From his office’s official statement:
“I am calling the Legislature back into session because too much important work remains undone for the people of Texas. Through their duly elected representatives, the citizens of our state have made crystal clear their priorities for our great state. Texans value life and want to protect women and the unborn. Texans want a transportation system that keeps them moving. Texans want a court system that is fair and just. We will not allow the breakdown of decorum and decency to prevent us from doing what the people of this state hired us to do."
UPDATE II: Rick Perry says ‘unfortunate’ Wendy Davis didn’t learned from her own experience...
theRightScoop: Powerful words from Rick Perry on how every life is precious and should be given a chance to thrive, noting that even Wendy Davis, who filibustered the pro-life bill, was born into bad circumstances yet she prevailed. She says it’s unfortunate she didn’t learn from her own experience:
