The Filibuster in Texas Is the Best Reality Show About Your Womb Ever

By Laura Beck | June 26, 2013 | 3:41am

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The scene outside the gallery of the Texas Legislature for Senator Wendy Davis’ filibuster of the inane abortion bill is a sea of orange. They stand with Wendy, and with the other members of the Senate who are attempting to kill the evil bill that would basically outlaw abortion in the state.

Awesomely, plenty of women’s health advocates showed up at the legislature to show their support for Senator Davis:

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Outside the gallery. #txlege #SB5 pic.twitter.com/KtIfBbNaj5

— Shefali Luthra (@shefalil) June 26, 2013

If you aren’t watching the filibuster, you are now:

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She’s still standing, y’all:

11 hours. No food. No water. No bathroom break. No sitting. No leaning. Sen Wendy Davis still in good spirits. #SB5 pic.twitter.com/MsQKjDCNBT

— Lisa Falkenberg (@ChronFalkenberg) June 26, 2013

10:45pm CDT: Contact who is in the Texas House Members Lounge currently:

Shit just got real – DPS just locked the Capitol doors.

11pm CDT: Same contact says:

People making bail arrangements & lawyers stationed upstairs. People planning on storming rotunda/Gallery

Hell yeah:

I can’t stop laughing this Wendy Davis Wikipedia page edit #standwithwendy pic.twitter.com/nIDsFTT5AB

— EireannMichaelDolan (@EireannDolan) June 26, 2013

10:25pm CDT: House Rep. Dawnna Dukes posted below photo. She also said she was locked out of gallery and had to enter underground.

11:45pm CDT: Bad-ass Sen. Van De Putte: “At what point must a female senator raise her hand or her voice to be heard over her male colleagues in the room?”

11:55pm CDT: From contact at Legislature:

People are being thrown out but it’s taking awhile

per @scATX, state troopers are coming. if you get arrested, go limp. defense attny phone no: 512-381-9955 #SB5 #StandWithWendy

— Jessica Pieklo (@Hegemommy) June 26, 2013

12:41pm CDT: Someone’s live streaming from inside the Legislature’s rotunda on UStream.

12:53pm CDT: Nobody, not even the Senators, knows what the outcome is yet.

SHADY: Screenshots from the official Texas Senate webpage show that someone actually went in and changed the dates on the vote from 6/25 to 6/26:

Yes! According to Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the bill is dead:

BREAKING: Lt. Gov. Dewhurst has agreed that #SB5 is dead.

— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) June 26, 2013

Let’s dance.

Previously: Badass Texas Senator Launches Intense Filibuster Against Abortion Bill