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"  Abortion-restricting SB 5, a bill passed through the Texas Senate and now being considered by the House, is one of the most extreme state-specific anti-choice bills on the legislative docket right now \u2014 barring procedures to be performed in surgical facilities only, it would shutter all but 5 of the state&amp;#039;s abortion providers.  In a dropped addendum, it also angled to restrict abortions to 20 weeks (if passed by the House, they could \u2014 and probably would \u2014 insert this back into the bill). But, as Thinkprogress reports, 700 opponents of the bill traveled to Austin yesterday to testify in front of the House in an attempt to stall the vote, which has until June 26th to be approved. Supporters from across the state who couldn&amp;#039;t make it that evening sent pizza, cookies and drinks to the filibuster.  After seven hours of testimony, the remaining 300 people who were waiting to speak to the House were informed by Rep. Bryan Cook shortly after midnight that they wouldn&amp;#039;t be allowed to speak: &amp;quot;The testimony has been impassioned, but it has become repetitive, so I am going to only allow another hour of testimony on this bill.&amp;quot; (Of course, people who aren&amp;#039;t women are allowed to speak ad nauseam on the subject of what goes on in women&amp;#039;s wombs.) One activist there, Lesli Simms, had a rejoinder: &amp;quot;Our words are not repetitive. Our government&amp;#039;s attacks on our choice, on our bodies, is repetitive.&amp;quot;  Follow Anna on Twitter. Image via @TaneneAllison "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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