GRAPEVINE — Gov. Rick Perry gave a spirited defense Thursday of Republican proposals to curtail abortions, telling a national anti-abortion group that he would not “make things easy for abortionists.” He also criticized Sen. Wendy Davis, the Democrat whose filibuster Tuesday helped kill the legislation, in unusually personal terms. “I’m proud that she has been able to take advantage of her intellect and her hard work, but she didn’t come from particularly good circumstances,” the Republican governor said during a news conference. “What if her mom had said, ‘You know, I just can’t do this, I don’t want to do this.’ At that particular point and time, it becomes very personal for us.” Perry was...
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