Thread by @SBAList

Women in Texas and across the nation are leading the fight to modernize our outdated abortion laws

Special shout out to the 11 pro-life women state legislators who co-authored The Heartbeat Act, Texas #SB8, protecting unborn babies with a beating heart 💓

Meet the women behind the Texas Heartbeat Act. They come from all walks of life, but they share a dedication to the people of Texas, particularly women and their unborn children:
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State rep @ShelbySlawson authored the House version of the bill. She is an attorney and a first-generation college graduate. The Texas Heartbeat Act is just one of the measures she has championed to foster and protect her local community.
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Rep. @StephanieKlick, who also authored a bill to protect TX women and their babies from chemical abortion, has almost 35 years of nursing experience and serves on the Texas Supreme Court's Children's Commission.
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.@DrBuckinghamTX is a reconstructive surgeon and a graduate of the Texas A&M Fire School. She has served as a volunteer fire fighter, and as a state senator, she has advocated for improving public education as well as protecting life.
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Dr. @DonnaCampbellTX is an ER doctor who has also shared her talents as a volunteer, performing hundreds of eye surgeries in Ghana. She serves on six Senate committees, including Health and Human Services.
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Rep. @ValoreeSwanson is a homeschool mom who adopted two of her children. Before running for office, she volunteered during every election cycle for campaigns in her area. She is also active in her church as a Bible study and Sunday school leader.
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Rep. @CandyNobleHD89 holds a degree in education and is strong proponent of quality public education. During her first year in the state house, she helped pass a law protecting Texan taxpayers from funding abortion facilities & their affiliates.
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In addition to championing pro-life laws @LaceyHullTx has supported bills to protect the rights of families, ensure Medicaid patients have access to their prescribed medications & require the reporting of missing persons to the National Missing & Unidentified Persons System.
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Sen. @joanhuffman is an attorney who served two terms as a judge in Harris County, TX and was named the "2017 Hero for Texas Children" by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for her work to protect children in the state.
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Sen. @AngelaPaxtonTX is an adopted child and the first in her family to graduate from college. She has more than 20 years of experience as a teacher and school counselor and, at the time of her election, was the first educator elected to the Texas Senate in over 2 decades.
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.@SenJaneNelson is a teacher who served two terms on the State Board of Education. She also created the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and championed legislation combating sexual assault and domestic violence and protecting endangered children.
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As a state senator, @loiskolkhorst has worked with hospitals to provide care for high-risk pregnant women and newborns. She has also supported legislation to protect abused children and reform the foster care system.
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