AUSTIN, Texas (AP) β Democrat Wendy Davis reveals in a new memoir that she ended two pregnancies in the 1990s, disclosing them for the first time since her nearly 13-hour filibuster last year over a tough new Texas abortion law.
Davis writes in “Forgetting to be Afraid” that she had an abortion in 1996 after an exam revealed that the brain of the fetus had developed in complete separation on the right and left sides. She also describes terminating an earlier ectopic pregnancy, in which an embryo implants outside the uterus.
The Associated Press purchased an early copy of the book, which hits stores Tuesday.
Davis catapulted to national Democratic stardom after her filibuster temporarily delayed passed of sweeping new abortion restrictions. She is now running for governor against Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott.
