Meet The Woman Who Single-Handedly Filibustered Texas' Abortion Bill In Pink Sneakers

On Tuesday night, nearly 200,000 people tuned in to watch a live stream of the Texas Senate - high ratings for a legislative debate. They'd tuned to watch the culmination of a day-long process to block (at least for now) a strict new Texas abortion bill, led by one woman, Wendy Davis, whose back-breaking old-fashioned filibuster drew national attention. So who is she?

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