but like carole, i feel like there s meaning to it now, sharing it with other women so that they know they re not alone. [somber music] - there are support groups online for others who have terminated for medical reasons. and i did utilize them to some extent when i was going through everything. but there was nothing in person. i said, ok, well, not only am i going to share my story, but i am going to form a support group and welcome anyone else with open arms who wants to come talk about their story. this church is where my family has been going to church for like 35 years now i think. the group is called our most difficult choice, and all of the women who have been here had a wanted pregnancy
- a friend of mine posted a picture from the book and it was talking about her reading my story and how it impacted her and inspired her to share her own story, and i was like, wow. naral texas is working on a new project. so they asked wendy and i to kind of kick off this project by doing an interview together. - hi, carole! - hi. - how are you? - i m great. you look gorgeous. - thanks. - nice to see you again. wendy had been hoping to find me for some time and it was all very surreal. [audience applauding] - tonight, i m so excited to debut our latest project: texans for access. through this project, we re building a supportive community and changing the conversation around abortion.
i see no legislation to provide for childcare, a living minimum wage, or family leave. i am opposed as a social worker, a healthcare professional, and as a woman. let the record show that i vehemently oppose hb60. thank you. the letter that struck me the most, and still to this day, really sticks with me is the letter that i read from carole m. - the day of the filibuster, i was actually in abilene, texas for work. i got a text probably early in the afternoon from heather busby that said, wendy davis is reading your story. so i cut my trip short, drove back to austin. - no one ever thinks they re going to be faced with
a living minimum wage, or family leave. i am opposed as a social worker, a healthcare professional, and as a woman. let the record show that i vehemently oppose hb60. thank you. the letter that struck me the most, and still to this day, really sticks with me is the letter that i read from carole m. - the day of the filibuster, i was actually in abilene, texas for work. i got a text probably early in the afternoon from heather busby that said, wendy davis is reading your story. so i cut my trip short, drove back to austin. - no one ever thinks they re going to be faced with the decision of terminating a much wanted pregnancy.
when i was in my second trimester, past 20 weeks as well, and though i had been diligently appearing, as i know carole had, at all of my doctor s appointments and having all of the required tests, nothing revealed until late in that second trimester that my daughter was suffering from a very severe fetal abnormality. and we loved her so much. we didn t want that to be her life. the decisions that she struggled with and the way that she dealt with it was so very similar. the same procedures, the same agony, the same questioning, grappling with how the termination would occur, grappling with what would be done. would we see and hold our daughter? how would we say goodbye? but like carole, i feel like there s meaning to it now,