The sneaker-wearing senator spent much of the time reading testimony and messages from women decrying the bill and recounting stories of the struggles they , their friends or relatives faced in the days before birth control and abortion were legalized . Sen. Wendy Davis said to have digressed . Davis would have had to hold the floor until midnight . `` Blind partisanship and personal political ambition '' drive the bill , she says . The Senate is expected to vote on a procedural motion Tuesday that will allow for debate of the bill.
Sen. Wendy Davis said to have digressed . Davis would have had to hold the floor until midnight . `` Blind partisanship and personal political ambition '' drive the bill , she says . The Senate is expected to vote on a procedural motion Tuesday that will allow for debate of the bill.