Protests and national attention couldn’t stop legislators from ushering ultrasound legislation through the statehouse.
Abby Rapoport
Abby Rapoport is a freelance journalist and former staff writer at The American Prospect. She was previously a political reporter for the Texas Observer. Follow @ rarapoport
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