<div dir="ltr">Senator Wendy Davis is not my hero. My hero would be one who defended the rights of the most helpless of humans, the babies who aren't seen and aren't heard and therefore who aren't protected by those who claim to want to help the defenseless. The basic character and appearance of a person are determined at the moment of conception when the DNA of that unique human being is created. Does that person have no rights? And what about the rights of the 50% of the women who have abortions who are pressured into having it by boyfriends or parents or others? Have they no rights? And what about the 20% of the women who have abortions who suffer from PTSD because of having an abortion? And what about the thousand or so teenagers and women who commit suicide every year because of stress and grief of having an abortion?<div>
Does anyone think about these people and their rights?</div><div> Peace and blessings, Ellen</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Linda Jupiter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jupiter@mcn.org" target="_blank">jupiter@mcn.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma'">Last night, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis stood up for women</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma'">’</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma'">s rights. For a grueling </span></div>
</div><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma'">13 hours, Davis got on her feet and filibustered severe anti-choice legislation pushed <br></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma'">by Texas Governor Rick Perry that would have banned abortion after 20 weeks and <br></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma'">significantly tightened abortion provider restrictions. Supporters lined the statehouse, <br></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma'">giving testimony, and showing their resolve to #standwithWendy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma'">We need more women like Wendy in office. Wendy<font face="SimSun">’</font><font face="Tahoma">s determination not only delivered <br></font></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma'"><font face="Tahoma">a strong message for women</font><font face="Tahoma">s equality, but was also a testament to the powerful <br></font></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma'"><font face="Tahoma">impact of female politicians. <br></font></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt"><br></div><div style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt">
<font face="Tahoma">Thank you Senator Wendy Davis.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt"><br></div><div style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt"><font face="Tahoma">Val Muchowski</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt">
<font face="Tahoma">MWPC Chair</font><br></div><p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma'"><font face="Tahoma"></font></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'SimSun'"></span></p>
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