Texas high school valedictorian scraps her approved graduation speech and instead BLASTS state s anti-abortion bill from the podium, calling it a war on my body and a war on my rights
Lake Highlands High School valedictorian Paxton Smith had initially planned to use her speech to discuss the effect of the media on young minds
Instead, she swapped it at the last minute for an impassioned address on Texas s dehumanizing new anti-abortion bill
The law, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott last month, bans abortions at as early as six weeks, when some women don t even know they re pregnant yet
Paxton told a crowd that it s gut-wrenching to have the autonomy over your own body taken from you
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June 3, 2021 7:30 AM By TERRY WALLACE, Associated Press
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Paxton Smith, Lake Highlands High School valedictorian, poses for a photo, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Dallas. Smith scrapped a speech approved by her school administrators and delivered an abortion rights call in its place.
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Dallas high school valedictorian scraps approved speech, delivers abortion rights call
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DALLAS – A Dallas high school valedictorian scrapped a speech approved by her school administrators and delivered an abortion rights call in its place.
Paxton Smith, the 2021 valedictorian at Lake Highlands High School, submitted to school officials an address on the effect of the media on young minds. But when she spoke at Sunday’s graduation ceremony, she talked of what she called “a war on the rights” of her body and those of other girls and women by the “heartbeat bill” signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott a week and a half before.