Davis recounts past efforts to aid survivors of rape
ODESSA, TEXAS -- With less than three months before election day, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis made a second campaign stop in Odessa to compare her past efforts to curb sexual assault with past decisions of her opponent, Republican candidate Greg Abbott.
Davis spoke at a press conference at the Odessa Crisis Center, focusing on past legislation she worked on that helped reduce the 18,500 backlogged and untested rape test kits, provide more funding for the testing, ensure sexual assault survivors can be treated at almost every hospital emergency room in Texas and set standards for avoiding future backlogs.
“It’s not easy to pass a landmark bill across the aisle in the state of Texas, but Wendy has done it three times,” said Karen Hildebrand, the executive director of Odessa Crisis Center who introduced Davis at the press conference. “I am so proud that she fought for these laws to help sexual assault survivors in Texas.”
Davis’ visit in Odessa was part of the new direction her campaign has take since releasing on Aug. 7 a television advertisement that directly attacks Abbott. The one-minute ad explains how Abbott -- when he was on the Texas Supreme Court -- sided with a vacuum cleaner distributor rather than a rape survivor in a case involving a salesman and a mother in Seguin.
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