Weaver's Web

I just sent Wendy Davis a donation. She's the state senator from Ft. Worth who filibustered the highly restrictive abortion bill the Republicans are trying to ram through their legislature. You can be sure that the Republican party in Texas, has drawn a bull's eye on her back for this next legislative cycle. And true to form, Rick Perry has called for another special session to try and ram this bill thru again. If they succeed, the number of clinics in the entire state of Texas where women will be able to seek abortion services will drop from 34 to 5.

I dropped her the following note:

Dear Sen Davis-

I followed what you did last week to protect the rights of women to seek medical care appropriate to their situation, something that is now and must remain legal for them to be able to do. I'm grateful that Rachel Maddow profiled what happened; we streamed live over the net, to watch as it happened. Thank you for your courageous actions, and your willingness to speak truth to power.

I made a donation to your campaign fund just now. It's not much, but as a physician trying to give care to the underserved here in California, it was what I could afford. Hopefully, I'm just one of many across the country who will have your back.

If you're open to supporting her financially go to wendydavisforsenate.com and follow the link to the donate page.