Lake Highlands High School valedictorian Paxton Smith gives a graduation speech condemning abortion restrictions. | Screenshot: YouTube/Tim Rogers
A graduating Texas high school senior has received praise from liberal politicians and celebrities after using her valedictory speech to condemn the state s new abortion restrictions.
Paxton Smith, the valedictorian at Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas, used part of her graduation speech to share concerns about losing the “autonomy” over her body without using the word abortion directly.
A video of her speech, which took place Sunday, quickly went viral.
“I have dreams and hopes and ambitions,” Smith said. “Every girl graduating today does, and we have spent our entire lives working towards our future. And without our input and without our consent, our control over that future has been stripped away from us.”
Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 9:50 AM click image YouTube / Tim Rogers Lake Highlands High School s Paxton Smith lets Gov. Greg Abbott have it during her commencement speech. A Texas high school valedictorian last weekend scrapped her school-approved commencement speech to blast Texas so-called heartbeat abortion bill, signed into law last month by Gov. Greg Abbott.
D Magazine, Lake Highlands High School valedictorian Paxton Smith (grade point average: 104.93) swapped out a speech on media consumption reviewed by school administrators, instead calling out the restrictive abortion law as a dehumanizing attack on women. The measure, which goes into effect in September, prohibits abortions as early as six week
Lake Highlands High School valedictorian Paxton Smith gives a graduation speech condemning abortion restrictions. | Screenshot: YouTube/Tim Rogers
A graduating Texas high school senior has received praise from liberal politicians and celebrities after using her valedictory speech to condemn the state s new abortion restrictions.
Paxton Smith, the valedictorian at Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas, used part of her graduation speech to share concerns about losing the “autonomy” over her body without using the word abortion directly.
A video of her speech, which took place Sunday, quickly went viral.
“I have dreams and hopes and ambitions,” Smith said. “Every girl graduating today does, and we have spent our entire lives working towards our future. And without our input and without our consent, our control over that future has been stripped away from us.”