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  • Hillary Clinton Praises Teen Who Secretly Switched Valedictorian Speech To Bash Texas Abortion Law

    06/04/2021 3:02:58 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 44 replies
    Tampa Free Press ^ | 6/3/2021 | Mary Margaret Olohan
    Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton praised a teenager Wednesday for secretly switching her valedictorian speech in order to criticize a new Texas law banning abortions after an unborn baby has a heartbeat. he former First Lady tweeted her support for Lake Highlands High School valedictorian Paxton Smith, who pulled an unapproved valedictorian speech from her bra at the lectern on graduation day and delivered a speech about Texas’s Heartbeat Act. “This took guts,” Clinton tweeted. “Thank you for not staying silent, Paxton.” The new Texas law bans abortions after the unborn baby has a heartbeat. By the end of the...
  • Watch: Teen scraps graduation speech to call out 'dehumanizing' abortion law

    06/02/2021 6:50:49 PM PDT · by MarvinStinson · 66 replies
    mashable ^ | June 2, 2021 | SIOBHAN NEELA-STOCK
    You don't have to wait to change the world. It appears graduating high school senior Paxton Smith knows that well: The class valedictorian didn't waste time or mince words when giving her commencement speech in Texas on Sunday. Instead of delivering a pre-approved speech on teen media use, D Magazine reported, she used her platform to decry a bill Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed that bans abortion in the state at six weeks, a time when most people don't know they're pregnant. While her voice shakes at first in the video above, Smith gains confidence as she goes on....