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And what i know is that each of them has a unique circumstance thats going to be impacted directly by this particular bill. - mr. president. - senator deuell, for what purpose do you rise? - to ask senator davis some questions. would she yield? - senator davis, do you yield? - im not yielding for any questions at this point. - senator deuell, senator does not yield. - when i was elected to the texas senate, i was only the 13th woman ever elected in the history of the texas senate. there had neve...

- raising questions about just how much help davis got in footing the bill for harvard or the exact age at which she got divorced. - she was neither supporting her family nor raising her kids. she married a sugar daddy whom she asked to meet. he supported her, he raised the kids-- - he paid for school. - while she went to harvard law school. she went to harvard law school. - my candidacy was purposefully run through the lens of anti-feminism. - is there some undercurrent here about a womans appr...

That matter most to texans. - shes attracting a lot of attention nationally and internationally, but at the end of the day, the people who matter are the people in this state. this is a conservative state. [dramatic music] - davis plan? not running on what made her famous, but on her memorable life story. - we wanted to make sure that they understood there were all these other things i was fighting for. my own personal story and what education meant to me and how i became the first person in my ...

And its having an emotional impact on her. you know, it was really, validation about how difficult it was, what i went through. [somber music] - it struck me so deeply, because i felt as though i were reading my own story. [soft music] - texas state senator wendy davis. she has a brand new memoir. it is called "forgetting to be afraid." in it, davis reveals for the very first time that she made the decision to terminate two pregnancies. - a friend of mine posted a picture from the book and it wa...

You know, for some unknown reason. - id like to raise a point of order that senator davis has violated rule 4.01 when she had senator ellis assist her by putting a back brace on during a pause a moment ago. - that the republican leadership decided that they wanted to silence her, that they were going to do anything to stop her from filibustering, even calling bogus points of order. - this was not in keeping with the tradition of the texas senate. no senator had ever, ever gone through that befor...

And what i know is that each of them has a unique circumstance thats going to be impacted directly by this particular bill. - mr. president. - senator deuell, for what purpose do you rise? - to ask senator davis some questions. would she yield? - senator davis, do you yield? - im not yielding for any questions at this point. - senator deuell, senator does not yield. - when i was elected to the texas senate, i was only the 13th woman ever elected in the history of the texas senate. there had neve...

And enrolled into community college. she got herself into harvard law school. - texas made it possible for me to go from that tiny trailer to a successful business and to the texas senate. - but then, some discrepancies in the story. - raising questions about just how much help davis got in footing the bill for harvard or the exact age at which she got divorced. - she was neither supporting her family nor raising her kids. she married a sugar daddy whom she asked to meet. he supported her, he ra...

Were afraid theyre gonna call a point of order, you know, for some unknown reason. - id like to raise a point of order that senator davis has violated rule 4.01 when she had senator ellis assist her by putting a back brace on during a pause a moment ago. - that the republican leadership decided that they wanted to silence her, that they were going to do anything to stop her from filibustering, even calling bogus points of order. - this was not in keeping with the tradition of the texas senate. n...

I would hate to see other families denied the right to choose what is best for them. these decision are hard enough without placing extra limits on them. - a senator is telling the world about my daughter and its having an emotional impact on her. you know, it was really, validation about how difficult it was, what i went through. [somber music] - it struck me so deeply, because i felt as though i were reading my own story. [soft music] - texas state senator wendy davis. she has a brand new memo...

- her opponent is texas state attorney general, greg abbott. hes a man with a conservative record to match the blanket of red that covers most of texas. - greg abbott is the clear front runner. hes gonna win the race. - shes a dead loser on the issues that matter most to texans. - shes attracting a lot of attention nationally and internationally, but at the end of the day, the people who matter are the people in this state. this is a conservative state. [dramatic music] - davis plan? not running...