Texans are at the Capitol sharing their stories with #txlege right now. Share yours: http://t.co/ZPcbKAGNQS #StandwithTXwomen #HB2
— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) July 3, 2013
Advocates have filled 11 overflow rooms & the courtyard in Capitol extension #HB2 #txlege pic.twitter.com/PuxfPySId8
— Becca Aaronson (@becca_aa) July 3, 2013
#sb5 #txlege "separation of vagina and state" pic.twitter.com/O5SOlml38Q
— Ethan Gehrke (@EthanGehrke) July 3, 2013
Unbelievable. They have put every #antichoice bill introduced this session into this amendment. #prochoice #ncpol #trustwomen
— NARAL Pro-Choice NC (@NARALNC) July 2, 2013
The co-founder of the Texas Tea Party is testifying now about Roe vs Wade. (Germaneness?) Abortion is a meat market commodity. #txlege #hb2
— ChynnaBlue (@ChynnaBlue5) July 3, 2013
Gotta love the tea party dude complaining about "mob rule"… DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TEA PARTY WAS, SIR? #txlege
— sarah blackstock (@sarahblackstock) July 3, 2013
DUDE TALKING ABOUT THE TINY FEET YOU ARE REALLY CREEPING ME OUT RIGHT NOW. #txlege #swtw
— Katherine (@KathTX) July 3, 2013
"It's undemocratic that hundreds waiting to testify will not get a chance" #txlege #hb2 GO SARAH
— Lilith Fund (@lilithfund) July 3, 2013
How is birth control forced on anyone? That makes no sense. #txlege
— Trish Robinson (@trishrobinson) July 3, 2013
"It doesn't make sense to me why you would give me autonomy as an individual with a disability, but not autonomy as a woman." #txlege #hb2
— Whole Woman's Health (@WholeWomans) July 3, 2013
Some MENSA level reasoning by a Pro-Lifer in support of #HB2: "I've never not regretted not having an abortion." #txlege #StandWithTxWomen
— Subliminal Penguins (@SubPenguin) July 3, 2013
Well, in Texas they can kill a prisoner every three weeks so I don't think "Thou shalt not kill" is really up for debate. #SWTW #HB2 #txlege
— K.M. O'Sullivan (@KellyMOSullivan) July 3, 2013
But some of us DO want available birth control. #txlege #hb2
— Trish Robinson (@trishrobinson) July 3, 2013
"Why did Perry use sexual violent language when he said 'The louder they scream the more we know we are getting things done?'" #HB2 #txlege
— SecularTexas (@seculartexas) July 3, 2013
"Women who live every day of their lives in violent misogynistic world have been through enough already. They deserve a choice" #hb2 #txlege
— Amy Gentry (@unlandedgentry) July 3, 2013
The only time I hear the Chair praise anyone is when they are in support of the bill. Seriously? #hb2 #txlege #standwithtxwomen #swtw
— Sue Mii (@iiezu) July 3, 2013
It's not just about banning abortion, it's about controlling women. #txlege #hb2
— Path2Enlightenment (@Path2Enlighten) July 3, 2013
Pro-life witness: it's not a war on women, it's a war on babies. #txlege #hb2
— Sonia Smith (@sonia_smith) July 3, 2013
RT @yoloswaglord: @Austin_Police overheard joking about pepper spraying protesters at #txlege : "That will shut them up"#SWTW
— Mollie (@mollfred) July 3, 2013
Rep Cook allowing 50-50 testimony even though the people waiting to testify are easily 70% pro-choice vs 30% anti-choice. #SWTW #SB9 #TXlege
— Marie G (@GreenMarie99) July 3, 2013
The People of Texas are taking their house back. #txlege #StandWithTXWomen #StandWithWendy #hb2 pic.twitter.com/rIhHQVR8Ax
— Erik Vidor (@ErikVidor) July 3, 2013
"How many of us support the death penalty? The prison industrial complex? War? We try too hard not to think about consistency." #hb2 #txlege
— #SWTW (@Laubenberg) July 3, 2013
Anti-choice guy who just testified: "I hate women A LOT and I'm just gonna make some shit up now." #HB2 #SWTW #txlege
— catvoncracker (@catvoncat) July 3, 2013
Never heard more ridiculous testimony than guy who said woman just wanted to be a millionaire, so she did abortions at $25 a piece. #txlege
— Nathaniel Norris (@Nate_Norris) July 3, 2013
She thought if she just did 40,000 abortions, she'd make an easy million! Are you kidding me? Get out. #txlege #HB2
— Nathaniel Norris (@Nate_Norris) July 3, 2013
"America is not a theocracy...religious law has no place in American law"-witness. Right on. #swtw #standwithwendy #txlege #prochoice #HB2
— Shirley C (@ghhshirley) July 3, 2013
OMG this guy is a Texas state rep! “@Scott_SanfordTX: I hav personally verified that pro-abortionists hav been chanting "Hail Satan" #txlege
— Sing n Play (@SingnPlay) July 3, 2013
MT @TX_Women: Only 73 of the 3,300 people who have registered have been able to testify, and they are ending in 56 min! #txlege #Tyranny
— Stephanie Rand (@Stephanie_Rand) July 3, 2013
Rep. Cook is more concerned with pronouncing peoples names than with letting them speak. #txlege #hb2
— Dona (@donajo) July 3, 2013
I am amazed... AMAZED I tell you how the Nat'l Coalition for Life and all like orgs have been able to testify so early. #HB2 #TXLege
— Bethany Bannister (@bethanyswrld) July 3, 2013
Women in Texas aren't alive, we're pre-dead #hb2 #sb9 #txlege
— Amy Gentry (@unlandedgentry) July 3, 2013
UPDATE: Mood in the Capitol is upbeat as hundreds wait to testify in the one hour left in the hearing http://t.co/lIpQC4q6jU #txlege #swtw
— Burnt Orange Report (@BOR) July 3, 2013
Less than hour left for #hb2 public testimony, long line of ppl outside cmte room https://t.co/Gi5EToQqs1
— Becca Aaronson (@becca_aa) July 3, 2013
Chair Cook calls down pro-choice people for clapping after allowing anti folks to clap several times. #HB2 #TxLege #SWTW
— Sandie's PACk (@SandiesPACk) July 3, 2013
Woman just said: I have heard concerns about the poor but who is more poor than the unborn? #Hb2 #Txlege #swtw #txnottheocracy
— SecularTexas (@seculartexas) July 3, 2013
There is no right choice. There is no wrong choice. There is only MY choice. #hb5 #txlege #standwithtxwomen
— Jessica Jimenez (@JayJay_Michelle) July 3, 2013
@SquidneyTX: The folks in the outside rotunda are using the people's microphone to read testimony from all over the state. #txlege #swtw
— Lilith Fund (@lilithfund) July 3, 2013
Hearings at #txlege often go well into the night/morning. Byron Cook is trying to silence the voices of pro-choice ppl. #swtw #censorship
— John MacNary (@john_macnary) July 3, 2013
Rep. Farrar questions Chairman Cook about not hearing expert testimony. He says "I'm not gonna recognize you at this time." #txlege #HB2
— Nathaniel Norris (@Nate_Norris) July 3, 2013
I'm very curious to see what happens when Cook tries to cut off testimony this time, esp since he's only calling supporters of #hb2. #txlege
— Drew Stanley (@nameverb) July 3, 2013
Repeated comparisons of women and our bodies to cars, donkeys, shelter animals is deeply disturbing to me. #txlege #hb2
— Kathryn Hutchison (@ATXGastronomist) July 3, 2013
As #txlege is contemplating #HB2, have to wonder, "is the Texas the place I should be raising my children?" #hb2 #standwithTXwomen
— ACLU of Texas (@ACLUTx) July 3, 2013
Man testifying: "Women will never be equal until they have full autonomy over their bodies." #SWTW #HB2 #SB9 #TXlege
— Marie G (@GreenMarie99) July 3, 2013
30 mins left. How many who signed up to testify wont have their voices heard? standwithtxwomen #txlege #hb2
— anthony gutierrez (@antgutierrez) July 3, 2013
"I urge you to vote against this bill because...Choice without access is NOT choice." #hb2 #TXlege #TXWomenWILLBeHeard
— Angela Sue Gross (@AngelaSueGross) July 3, 2013
Woman testifying about all the other lifesaving services that the closing clinic provide. #txlege #hb2
— Donna Gratehouse (@DonnaDiva) July 3, 2013
Current witness addressing injustices she's witnessed since Sunday from WITHIN the #txlege body. Incl. Dewhurst tweet re: clinics closing.
— Jennifer Gandin Le (@jgandinle) July 3, 2013
Badass' name: Amanda Stevenson. Also, current witness gets gold star for referencing Dewhurst's own tweet #hb2 #SWTW #txlege
— Ms Chris (@PopUp_Video) July 3, 2013
I love how twitter and social media just bit Dewhurst right in the ass. The people see, even if the media refuses to report #txlege #hb2
— Sarah Clarke (@sarclarke) July 3, 2013
The woman testifying now signed up to testify at 1:30pm CT. It's now 11:46pm CT. #StandWithTXwomen #txlege #HB2
— ShelbyKnox (@ShelbyKnox) July 3, 2013
Looks like all the evangelical church buses are leaving for fear of turning into orange pumpkins before midnight #hb2 #txlege
— Joy Casnovsky (@joyfulinkitchen) July 3, 2013
The bule shirts were registering their 3 year olds, newborns to testify. #Gross #HB2 is anti-woman #txlege
— Allison Heinrich (@Grace_Heinrich) July 3, 2013
RT @lilithfund: 4 minutes remain and the TX troopers are walking in to kick folks out? what the heck? play nice ya'll #txlege #hb2 #SWTW
— UniteWomen.org Texas (@UniteWomenTX) July 3, 2013
It doesn't matter if there are only 3 minutes, they will just change the time stamp. #txlege #HB2
— Jenn Studebaker (@JennStudebaker) July 3, 2013
Lots of orange shirts chanting "We're still here!" in rotunda outside hearing room #hb2 #txlege pic.twitter.com/qEEKq86wZQ
— Adam Bennett (@AdamBennettTV) July 3, 2013
Just 90 have testified, we have 1014 remaining at near midnight. #HB2 #TxLege #SWTW
— Sandie's PACk (@SandiesPACk) July 3, 2013
It's officially midnight in TX. #hb2 #txlege
— Alison Turkos (@alisonturkos) July 3, 2013
Cook calls on Laubenberg to close. #txlege
— Katey Psencik (@kateypsencik) July 3, 2013
Witness mansplaining "Having an abortion gives you an increased risk of suicide." #SWTW #HB2 #txlege
— ASP (@Angelface2174) July 3, 2013
@SylvesterTurner says "I do believe the people who come here have a right to have their voices heard." #HB2 #TxLege #SWTW
— Sandie's PACk (@SandiesPACk) July 3, 2013
TURNER! TURNER!! TURNER!!! TURNER!!!! #TXLEGE #HB2
— Jaci (@rarelyalways) July 3, 2013
....and pro-choice has taken the rotunda!!! Impromptu dance party!!! #txlege #hb2 #swtw pic.twitter.com/JY9PtHxu64
— R.A.G.E. Bus Project (@RAGEBusProject) July 3, 2013
Troopers in overflow room as well... #HB2 #TXLege #SWTW
— Shane Chambers (@swing42) July 3, 2013
To the (apparently 5 teenage) idiots who chanted "Hail Satan" today, thank you for taking the focus off the REAL issue. #TXlege #HB2
— Katie Collins (@GrlRedBalloon) July 3, 2013
Turner to Laubenberg: "When I see the #txlege turn its back on children who are uninsured, tell me, where does pro-life stop & start?" #hb2
— Whole Woman's Health (@WholeWomans) July 3, 2013
The Country is watching as once again TEXAS attempts to push through the Ant-Abortion Bill. #hb2 #txlege #UniteBlue #LibCrib #UniteBlueTX
— T Gard (@Michiganborn58) July 3, 2013
Laubenberg: "This is not about politics. Those of you on the committee know me, and you know why I am doing this." #TXlege #HB2
— Bobby Blanchard (@bobbycblanchard) July 3, 2013
You're doing this because are a pawn. #HB2 #txlege #swtw
— Allison Heinrich (@Grace_Heinrich) July 3, 2013
Not about politics? Ok, so it's religion, right, Laubenberg? #txlege #SWTW #sb2
— Michele (@webre_m) July 3, 2013
Laubenberg: "Life is valuable both preborn and after they're born." Silence falls over hearing. #txlege #hb2
— Whole Woman's Health (@WholeWomans) July 3, 2013
@SylvesterTurner "These are kids who are here, on the face of this Earth.""They need things, in order to reach their full potential."#txlege
— Cba/ @CourtBLove (@ccbarn) July 3, 2013
Stream is down, and they call a vote after midnight with no warning... #TxLege #HB2 #FeministArmy
— Dido (@ChristopherDiDo) July 3, 2013
loud outcry "ANSWER" as Laubenberg sidesteps Turner's question. #txlege #HB2
— Alexis Kostun (@AlexisJKostun) July 3, 2013
Roll call on #HB2 begins. #TXlege
— Bobby Blanchard (@bobbycblanchard) July 3, 2013
House State Affairs Committee has approved #HB2 in a surprise vote over Dem protest. 8 ayes 3 nays 2 absent #txlege #SWTW
— kt musselman (@karltm) July 3, 2013
I'd say lying about when you're going to vote isn't really following decorum. #txlege
— Jerri (@jerrigirl) July 3, 2013
“@PPact: BREAKING: #TXlege House State Affairs approves #HB2. More than 1000 Texans' testimony not heard. #swtw” filibuster time?
— Kalin Jordan (@kalinj) July 3, 2013
Bear witness. Never forget. #swtw #hb2 #txlege
— Kate Phillips (@Gr8K8Db8) July 3, 2013
Dear America, on behalf of pile of human garbage Chair Byron Cook, I am very sorry. He's gross & corrupt & I'm sorry. #hb2 #swtw #txlege
— lesly (@karmadorjal) July 3, 2013
Now that #HB2 passed committee along party lines it heads to House where we can expect similar results. #txlege #RememberInNovember #swtw
— Shirley C (@ghhshirley) July 3, 2013
When #Women Are Under Attack, What Do We Do? Nonviolent Direct Action Training, Sunday, 6pm Texas Capitol South Steps. #RTX #HB2 #TxLege
— The Unruly Mob (@UnrulyMobTX) July 3, 2013
Remember, y'all, this is a marathon. Rest up, enjoy your hard work, and I'll see you next week! #hb2 #txlege #standwithtxwomen #swtw
— Vagina :: The Zine (@TheVaginaZine) July 3, 2013
House cmte approved #hb2, protesters still chanting in Capitol courtyard https://t.co/JLEDM0JYK4
— Becca Aaronson (@becca_aa) July 3, 2013
