In a Sunday interview with The Texas Tribune, following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke said he would repeal Texas’ abortion ban and expand access to reproductive health care if he is elected governor.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Beto O’Rourke speaks at a rally at Pan American Neighborhood Park in East Austin on Sunday., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
“Just imagine the shockwaves this will send if for the first time in 32 years, Texas elects a Democrat as governor, a governor who won on the right of every woman to make her own decision about her own body, her own future and her own health care,” O’Rourke said. “You know the Legislature will not only take notice, they will be forced to act in more of our common interest instead of this extreme, fringe set of policies they have been pursuing over the last decade.
“I think the outrage you see not just in Austin, which I saw in Bryan-College Station, which I saw in Katy, Texas, early today — not necessarily a hotbed of Democratic power — is all indicative of how widespread the anger, the outrage, the frustration is,” O’Rourke said. “Connected to doing the work to win political power, can allow us to significantly improve things for women and others who are under attack across the state of Texas.
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