[applause] kate cox, lauren miller, taylor edwards, i could keep going.re are so many brave texas who have told their stories, and ally and i will never forget them and we will never stop fighting to overturn this abortion ban here in texas. [applause] i carry three little rocks with me that my sons picked out on the playground. they represent my two kids and my wife. my boys are little. they are three and five. i haven't seen them as much as i'd like to, and for someone who grew up not knowing their father, that is a big deal to me. so i want to say a special thank-you to my family, to my mother and father-in-law who have done so much childcare. to the folks who mean the most to me. i ran for my boys, and i'll keep my boys' future. and for every texas kid's future. and i hope you all will, too. there is a quote from churchill that has been kicking around in my head that i will probably mess up. it's that courage is rightly esteemed at the first of human qualities. it is the quality that guarantees all others. you have to have courage. it took courage, an

as this time has passed, we've seen there's been the contemporaneous information of people like kate cox amanda, who have been denied care and were not able to access it and they felt there was some sort of justice that was denied them, so they spoke out, and their family spoke out, and we heard all of that in real time. but this data is the data that was also happening and is lagging by many years, and it's because this is a group of people who are usually, people of color, usually lower income or just not people who are used to being treated well in the medical system and as such, they don't necessarily think that what happened is something that could have been changed. they don't necessarily think that there's some sort of justice that they are going to get if they talk about when the incident occurs, so that's what's being covered up, people who are the most vulnerable and are not able to seek out some sort of retribution. >> also not everybody reads everything on this all day or follows the minutia in the news. one of the things i learned from you while i was at the west alabama wom

kate cox, 31 your old mother of two told she was not viable and needed an abortion to preserve her health and future fertility . she had to get court approval for an emergency abortion and she did. once she did that, the same attorney general, ken paxton, intervened personally in her case and threatened to prosecute her doctor even with a court order along the abortion she needed. she still had to flee the state in order to get it. this is a fact right now. this is not a threat. this is the lived fact. the top law-enforcement official can deny you healthcare and threatened your p doctor. incredibly and this is something that i think most people do not know. the crisis here that we are already in which is into postpartum care, as well. the trump abortion bans are e hurting american women after they give birth, as well. katelyn needed a d&c to resolve a dangerous complication after she gave birth to a healthy y baby girl. because she gave birth in post roe v. wade texas, the postpartum care that she needed used the same tools as an abortion. >> after my daughter was born, i had a placenta a

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kate mann eliza grist world and jason deleon. watch the book awards wednesday 8 eastern on book tv. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government who are funded by these television companies and more, including cox when connection is needed most, cox is there to help, bringing affordable internet to families in need. new tech for boys and girls clubs and support whenever and wherever it matters most, we'll be there. >>ox supports c-span as a public svice along with these her television providers, giving you the front row seat to democracy. >> give now to the u.s. senate where today lawmakers return to session to consider a pair of u.s. district court nominations. now, this comes after a late session until nearly midnight last night as republicans force procedural votes on several of president biden's judicial court nominees. live senate coverage right here on c-span2. ...

kate mann eliza grist world and jason deleon. watch the book awards wednesday 8 eastern on book tv. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government who are funded by these television companies and more, including cox when connection is needed most, cox is there to help, bringing affordable internet to families in need. new tech for boys and girls clubs and support whenever and wherever it matters most, we'll be there. >>ox supports c-span as a public svice along with these her television providers, giving you the front row seat to democracy. >> give now to the u.s. senate where today lawmakers return to session to consider a pair of u.s. district court nominations. now, this comes after a late session until nearly midnight last night as republicans force procedural votes on several of president biden's judicial court nominees. live senate coverage right here on c-span2. ... the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the guest chaplain, his grace bishop david, from chestnut ridge, new york. his grace bishop david: i humbly offer the following prayer on your behalf. please bow your heads for the presence of god in our midst. let us pray. almighty god, we thank you for this precious gift y