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Justice. 34% of women voters do not have acceptable id under this law because many have not updated their documents with their married or divorced names. women in texas must now show original documents of their name change. a marriage license, divorce decree or court ordered change. the law is going into effect at a time when wendy davis came into governor. >> i have been teaching in stations. >> my name is terry moore and i have spent the bulk of my time prosecuting. there are thousands of rape kits that were untested. it was like nobody cared.

Could you get the light? [ loud crash ] what is going on?! honey, i was close! it's a yeti! [ male announcer ] must! have! wheat thins! 400,000. that is the number of rape kits in the united states containing critical dna that are left untested in labs across the country. imagine being brutally attacked and going through the process of providing samples of hair, skin, and clothing for investigators, only to have the samples collect dust for decades. this is a national problem, but some cities are making progress in cleaning out the backlog. less than one year ago, the ohio attorney general b...

National politics, too. the texas bill brought thousands of people to the state capitol in austin to protest and rally and give testimony. people filling the state capitol rotunda inside. spilling on to the lawn outside. all while senator, state senator wendy davis stood for 11 hours to filibuster the antiabortion t.r.a.p. law that had been shoved through in the first special legislative session called by governor perry for that purpose. when the bill's supporters were thus forced to explain themselves, the bill's own sponsor ended up saying things like this on the record. >> you have hospital...

Like this on the record. >> you have hospital emergency rooms. we have funded what's called rape kits that will help the woman, it's basically cleaning her out. and then hopefully that will alleviate that. >> that's not what a rape kit -- yeah. the bill got through. the republicans passed it in the second session and that was what became law today with rick perry and his guy friends. >> no one will ever have to ask you, where were you? when the babies' lives were being saved? >> this is how a bill becomes a law in texas. a bill that has changed the texas map forever, shrinking the number of fa...

Has reported an almost strict party line bill, an approval of a vote that will close dozens of health centers in the state of texas. but i have never seen in my years of organizing, the kind of outpouring and concern, people waiting hours and hours to testify before the legislature against this bill and this legislation. >> cecile, you must be encountering in your travels on the bus in texas opponents of your position. supporters of this bill. and what i am wondering about is the kind of ignorance, just basic raw ignorance that is being demonstrated by the sponsor of the bill, not understandin...