Gov. Greg Abbott used pandemic as cover to ban abortions in Texas, former Planned Parenthood head says
Greg Abbott used the pandemic as a guise to limit access to abortion. Greg Abbott of using the coronavirus pandemic as a guise to end abortion access in Texas. During the month-long period when Texas was shut down, top state officials and the courts effectively banned nearly all abortions. Circuit Court of Appeals largely sided with state officials throughout the legal back and forth. In the initial weeks of the pandemic, a number of states including Texas tried to ban abortions as part of emergency orders.
Hillary Clinton returns to DNC championing women in politics
A record number of women, including Harris, sought this years Democratic presidential nomination. Bill Clinton, was the nominee, but Clinton didn't speak at that year's convention. Clinton has noted that while women won the right to vote in 1920, that right wasnt extended to Black women and other women of color until decades later, Finney said. To then have a Black woman on the ticket as vice president, it demonstrates how far we've come. Finney expects Clinton to speak Wednesday about the significance of the moment for women and the conversations happening around racial injustice.
Willie Nelson and Robert Earl Keen set to perform during virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden on Monday
SAN ANTONIO Willie Nelson and Robert Earl Keen are taking part in former Vice President Joe Bidens virtual fundraiser event on Monday. Other special guests include Julin Castro, Beto ORourke, and Cecile Richards, the daughter of former Texas Governor Anne Richards. Texas artists will be in Rangers lot for drive-in concertsThe event with Biden will begin at 4:15 p.m. and tickets range from $250 to $100,000. Recently, Nelson has moved some of his upcoming shows to virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The upcoming Willie Nelsons 4th of July Picnic will move online.