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TexasTowelie

(116,591 posts)
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 11:39 PM Oct 2021

UT Students join Women's March at State Capitol

AUSTIN -- UT students joined about 1,000 protestors in a march to the Capitol on Saturday to oppose Texas’ recent passing of the country’s most restrictive abortion law.

Several UT student protestors voiced that Senate Bill 8 restricts essential reproductive health care at the Austin Women’s March, which began at 9 a.m. and lasted three hours. Senate Bill 8, which prohibits abortions after six weeks without exceptions for rape or incest, took effect in September. The bill also allows citizens across the country to sue anyone who may have assisted a person getting an abortion, including health care providers.

The protest comes a day after a federal judge heard arguments on whether the law should be suspended while courts decide if it’s legal. The judge’s decision is still pending.

Mathematics freshman Holly Luebsen, who led students to the capitol, said she is frustrated with Texas’ implementation of the restrictive abortion bill.

Read more: https://thedailytexan.com/2021/10/02/ut-students-join-womens-march-at-state-capitol/

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UT Students join Women's March at State Capitol (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP
Thank you so much for posting this. Many if us are. Beyond frustrated. We are angry. Furious. niyad Oct 2021 #1
You're welcome and there are more coming. TexasTowelie Oct 2021 #2

niyad

(119,670 posts)
1. Thank you so much for posting this. Many if us are. Beyond frustrated. We are angry. Furious.
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 11:44 PM
Oct 2021

Enraged that 48 years after Roe, we are STILL fighting the woman-hating gestational slavers.

Welcome to the fight, my young sisters.

TexasTowelie

(116,591 posts)
2. You're welcome and there are more coming.
Sat Oct 2, 2021, 11:52 PM
Oct 2021

I'm doing the Texas roundup tonight so as I see more stories I'll keep posting. The marches are also occurring outside the major cities.

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