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June 28, 2013

Texas Gov. Perry Launches Personal Attack on Senator Behind Filibuster 
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry has launched a personal attack on State Senator
Wendy Davis just days after her nearly 11-hour filibuster thwarted a
Republican effort to close most of the state's abortion clinics.
Speaking before the nation's largest anti-choice group, the National
Right to Life Committee, Perry invoked Davis' own experience as a
teenage mother born to a single mom.

Gov. Rick Perry: "The fact is, who are we to say that children born into
the worst of circumstances can't grow to live successful lives? In fact,
even the woman who filibustered the Senate the other day was born into
difficult circumstances. She was the daughter of a single woman. She was
a teenage mother herself. She managed to eventually graduate from
Harvard Law School and serve in the Texas Senate. It's just unfortunate
that she hasn't learned from her own example that every life must be
given a chance to realize its full potential and that every life
matters."

In a statement, Davis said Perry's comments are "without dignity and
tarnish the high office he holds. They are small words that reflect a
dark and negative point of view." Perry has called a second special
legislative session to revive the bill that Davis and her supporters
defeated earlier this week.

 

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