Don’t Mess with Texas (Women)- Focus Point

The saying goes, “don’t mess with Texas,” but Jones-DeWeever says, “Don’t mess with the women of Texas.” When the male-dominated Texas legislature was poised to pass a bill that would have essentially shut down each of the state’s remaining clinics offering access to abortion, the women of Texas, specifically State Senator Wendy Davis, had enough. With a filibuster that thwarted passage of the bill, Davis inspired women across the country in a fight that, Jones-DeWeever predicts, is just beginning.