The Texas House planned to consider an omnibus bill Thursday that would set new restrictions on where, when and how women would be able to obtain abortions. Time was running out on the special legislative session that ends Tuesday. But more than 300 women from across state showed up to the Texas legislature in Austin to testify against the bill, leading to hours of testimony through the night and into early Friday morning, effectively stalling the vote, the Associated Press reported.
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