Wendy Davis, the Texas state senator and Democratic gubernatorial candidate who vaulted to political stardom after a well-publicized filibuster of anti-abortion legislation, writes in her upcoming memoir that she terminated a pregnancy, according to a new report.
According to the San Antonio Express-News, Davis’ book, “Forgetting to Be Afraid,” describes an incident 17 years ago in her second trimester in which she learned that her unborn third daughter — whom she and her then-husband already named Tate Elise — had a serious brain abnormality that appeared potentially life-threatening.
After determining that the baby was “suffering,” Davis and her husband decided to end the pregnancy. They baptized the body and cried, according to the report.
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