Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst promised Saturday that a bill toughening abortion restrictions wouldn’t be derailed again after screaming protesters last week drowned out state senators and ran out the clock on its passage. In a new special session that starts Monday, legislators will take up the anti-abortion bill again after failing to send it to the governor by midnight Tuesday. Political rivals have questioned Dewhurst’s leadership in the Senate and blamed him for the bill’s collapse...
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