Wendy Davis says Greg Abbott bad for Texas women, Van de Putte slams Patrick at Dallas luncheon
State Sen. Wendy Davis on Tuesday unleashed a blistering attack on rival Greg Abbott, saying the GOP nominee for governor supports policies that are hostile toward Texas women.
The last thing Texas women need in their lives is Greg Abbott, Davis said during a luncheon sponsored by Annies List, a group that supports progressive women candidates.
Davis, the Democratic nominee for governor, said that Abbott does not support equal pay for women, has ruled against rape survivors when he was on the Texas Supreme Court and stood by as a surrogate described incest and rape as minor issues for women considering abortion.
If Greg Abbott spent some time in the place of those women he is so-called guarding
, maybe hed understand how rape is not a minor issue, she said.
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