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Wendy Davis, feminist super hero – Salon.com

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Just the juicy bits. Yay, Wendy Davis! That is a bass ass chick if there ever was one. I do love me some bad ass chicks getting shit done.

After Campbell challenged Davis’s discussion of the sonogram law, the packed Senate chamber erupted in chants of “bullshit” and “let her speak.” But Dewhurst backed Campbell’s challenge and ended Davis’s filibuster. That’s when State Sen. Kirk Watson and other Democrats began maneuvering. Watson and others challenged both Dewhurst’s rulings on “germaneness” – really, can someone explain how can the sonogram law would not be germane to the new bill? – as well as whether the lieutenant governor could shut down debate on his own, or needed the vote of the senate.

For at least an hour, it was great theater. State parliamentarian Karina Davis spent a lot of time looking like gymnast McKayla Maroney, whispering sideways into Dewhurst’s ear and seeming not terribly impressed. Pro-choice State Sen. Leticia Van De Putte’s had just returned from her father’s funeral and repeatedly asked Dewhurst to walk her through his procedural rulings, but brought down the house when she asked: “At what point must a female Senator raise her hand or voice to be recognized over her male colleagues in the room?”

Soon after, the gallery erupted, and no one could restore order for almost 10 minutes. Midnight came and went with the crowd screaming, but at some point it seemed the roll was called and the bill passed, albeit after midnight. The Dallas Morning News’s Wayne Slater tweeted: “Rules out the window; TX Senate taking vote in a scrum at front of chamber, post midnight, to salvage abortion bill.” Democratic Sen. Royce West told the Austin Statesman’s Mike Ward (reported via Twitter): “The vote on SB5 is void. The constitutionality will be challenged. We weren’t in session.”

via Wendy Davis, feminist super hero – Salon.com.