Democrats requested: Yea

“people who say that they're pro-life, in voting against this, will be also voting against healthy pregnancies, prenatal and perinatal care.”

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“And in the end, in voting for this, you're supporting that mother, you're supporting that neighbor, and you're supporting that Texan.”

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“So I ask you—not as a legislator and as your friend but as a father, as a neighbor, as a Texan—let us rise to meet this moment. Let us open the door to care. Let us give hope to those who have waited for far too long. Let's help that father in Lubbock working the two jobs, the mother in the Valley who rations her insulin, the young man in East Austin who skipped his cancer screening, the woman in rural Texas who gave birth alone. Let's turn the page in this state so these are no longer our stories. And let us at long last bring our Texas tax dollars home.”

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