The Republican War on Women -- The Battle for Texas Continues

This is the ninth in a series of articles on the subject of women, abortion rights and the Republican Party. 

Republicans continue to say they don’t have to change their core principles, they only have to change the language they use to get their message out.  One perception they want to alter is the idea that they are running a “war on women”.  Looking at the news over the past few years, I’d say the Republican Party has a long way to go on this subject.

• Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky): “Talk about a manufactured issue.  There is no issue.” 
•  RNC Chairman Reince Priebus:  “It’s a fiction.”

The Texas Front

the facts:     On Tuesday, State Senator Wendy Davis (D), stood alone for nearly eleven hours to filibuster her state's attempt to pass a restrictive anti-abortion bill in special session. During the last 15 minutes, the packed gallery erupted, stopping the Texas Senate from voting.  You can read details of the day's events here: http://whateyethynk-politics.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-republican-war-on-women-and-state.html

On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Perry announced that he was calling a second special legislative session.  The one and the only item on the agenda will be the anti-abortion bill.

Texas law says that only those bills receiving favorable votes from two-thirds of committee members shall be presented to the full Senate for debate and vote. The abortion bill didn't get enough votes in committee, despite a 140 day window to do so during regular session. Gov. Rick Perry, ignored that law in order to present the abortion bill in the first special session which ended at midnight on Tuesday. (In Texas, the governor alone is responsible for setting the agenda for legislative special sessions--one law he chooses NOT to ignore.)

Mr. Perry's attempt to force this restrictive abortion bill--parts of which have already been declared unconstitutional by federal courts in other states--ended in a very public way, a fully exposed humiliation.

So, public opinion be damned, state law be damned, U.S. Supreme Court be damned--Rick Perry is going to show the world that he and his Republican Party rule in Texas and they will have what they want. 

  The Republican War on Women is "fiction"?

WHAT YOU DO SPEAKS SO LOUDLY

THAT I CANNOT HEAR WHAT YOU SAY.