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@marieclairemag names Wendy Davis to their list of Women You Need to Watch This Election Day “ Wendy Davis may be a state legislator, but she’s long garnered nationwide fame for her staunch support of women’s reproductive rights. So it’s no surprise,...

@marieclairemag names Wendy Davis to their list of Women You Need to Watch This Election Day

Wendy Davis may be a state legislator, but she’s long garnered nationwide fame for her staunch support of women’s reproductive rights. So it’s no surprise, then, that her campaign for Governor of Texas has received similar scrutiny. She’s served in the Texas State Senate since 2008, and throughout her career, has been a vocal advocate for abortion rights. She’s also been a supporter of equal pay through her work on the Texas Equal Pay Act, which was ultimately vetoed by current Texan Governor Rick Perry. With Wendy Davis in the top spot, it’s certain that women would be a priority in Texas—a state where women’s rights (particularly when it comes to health care) notoriously lag.

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See the list: http://www.marieclaire.com/world-reports/women-to-watch-elections-2014

Greg Abbott: Abortion Clinic Closures Are Manageable 'Inconvenience' For Womenhuffingtonpost.com

Texas officials filed a memorandum with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday in defense of an anti-abortion law that has shut down 80 percent of clinics in the state, arguing that the law is merely a manageable “inconvenience” – not an undue…

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Why Wendy Davis Decided to Tell Her Abortion Storycosmopolitan.com

The Texas gubernatorial candidate opens up about turning a childhood of hardship into a law degree from Harvard, what her mother taught her, and how she deals with the backlash to her personal history.

h/t cosmopolitanmagazine

ICYMI (and you don’t want to miss it): Wendy Davis on The Rachel Maddow Show

““These stories are important for people who are looking for comfort and inspiration.”

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But in a world where there is no privacy for women and their bodies, it’s shameful that we have to lay bare our reproductive lives just so others can – maybe, if we’re lucky – view us as full people. Because, really, women’s abortions are none of your business – not even those of a public figure, not even one who became an international figure because of abortion rights. We shouldn’t have to explain ourselves or justify our life decisions: our abortions are ours alone.

Jessica Valenti,

Bravo for Wendy Davis, but women’s abortions are none of your business

Bravo for Wendy Davis, but women's abortions are none of your businesstheguardian.com

Jessica Valenti: Not all of us have the kind of support to reveal the pregnancies we ended. Not all of us want to be that brave. And none of us should have to be

“But in a world where there is no privacy for women and their bodies, it’s shameful that we have to lay bare our reproductive lives just so others can – maybe, if we’re lucky – view us as full people.

Because, really, women’s abortions are none of your business – not even those of a public figure, not even one who became an international figure because of abortion rights. We shouldn’t have to explain ourselves or justify our life decisions: our abortions are ours alone.”