Pro-Choice Speaker Dragged out of Senate Meeting In Texas

[blueboatdreams]

Pro-choice advocate Sarah Slamen tried to give her testimony in the Texas State Senate this morning about a proposed bill that would not allow abortions after 20 weeks, even in the cases of rape and incest.

However, during her speech Slamen was taken out of the building by state troopers for calling out Texas State Senator Donna Campbell (R) for

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[grace_om]

Thanks for link. I had been hearing about this incident, but not seen it yet. What an elegant tirade! I would have been completely incoherent with rage, swearing and flinging personal insults. She called them bluntly on the facts. The vid needs to be everywhere!

[crossfire]

Holy shit.

Also: In before tone arguments.

[clevermanka]

Oh my god, my blood pressure went through the roof just watching that.

[lamardeuse]

Wow. That's - really disturbing. Democracy is totally going to shit (not that this is news, but still). I really hope shit like this helps to radicalize even more Americans.

[lone_concertina]

I fully support her testimony and am glad she had the bravery to call Dr. Donna out on her shit, but she knew she would be pulled out when she started. There's a very strictly followed rule of decorum in Texas state politics, which has been explained to me every time I've shown up to protest. She wasn't arrested and, from what friends who were there have told me, the DPS officers were friendly once she was out of the room.

[rhysande]

Would you mind expanding on what Ms. Slamen did or said that put her in violation of the rules of decorum? When I first watched the video I assumed it was because she dared to speak the *gasp!* words "chlamydia" and "herpes" in her speech, but I did wonder if it because she veered from her original remarks or something else.

[lone_concertina]

It was the manner in which she addressed the senators. So basically, being confrontational, I guess? I'm not saying I agree with it at all, but we weren't even allowed to golf clap or use "jazz hands" in the Senate gallery whenever someone said something we agreed with or else we'd be escorted out.

[crossfire]

This is good to know, thank you.