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Related: About this forumAbbott says he grieves for Wendy Davis family
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Republican Greg Abbott says he grieves for Democrat Wendy Davis after his gubernatorial opponent revealed that she once had an abortion upon learning that the fetus had a severe brain abnormality.
Abbott said Saturday in a statement that "the unspeakable pain of losing a child is beyond tragic for any parent." He said he grieves for the Davis family and the loss of life.
Davis discloses the abortion for the first time in her new memoir "Forgetting to be Afraid." She had become pregnant in 1996 but had the abortion after doctors told her the child would be deaf, blind and in a permanent vegetative state.
Davis said she fell under an "indescribable blackness" afterward.
http://www.theeagle.com/news/texas/abbott-says-he-grieves-for-wendy-davis-family/article_25c5d630-3ee7-56b9-9751-4bb8a4b2431b.html
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Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Attention to himself. I bet if he were to see Wendy in 1996 going into a clinic, he would have been right there yelling his grievances right in her face.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Because the GOP refused to expand Medicaid and accept ACA funding. The people who do not seek medical attention should be on their hands.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,804 posts)Gothmog
(145,554 posts)I know Greg and he has always been a jerk
littlemissmartypants
(22,804 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)DhhD
(4,695 posts)and is delivered. Since he made a statement, Abbott needs to answer to the State care that must be provided and the outcome for these individuals with profound disabilities. What are the statistics on the cost of care over the lifetime of the person?
Seems like the GOP are always blaming President Obama. Abbott needs to explain how reducing SNAP will help children born to very poor families but were not wanted. Abbott needs to answer to the state of orphanages and foster care in Texas. And and answer to the statistic of these offspring after age 18 or high school graduation.
Abbott makes bad decisions. Call him out on them, Senator Davis.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)was in its tummy?