# I'm confounded that no one is asking about the two ABORTIONS that Wendy Davis had. Is she a liar? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 30, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996 "2014-09-30T18:50:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JesterX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JesterX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JesterX)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/41 "2014-09-30T19:30:22Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Well, we knew that [already](http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2014/sep/25/wendy-davis/wendy-davis-catches-fire-incorrect-claim-about-gre/) for other reasons. Given that, her fudging the facts about her background otherwise, _ **and her filibuster in support of late-term abortions** _, it is, I suppose, reasonable to question whether or not she is fibbing about her abortions as well, but it won’t matter. The pro-abortion types will vote for her anyway and the antis won’t even if she is telling the truth about her abortions, which she might be doing. > > Regards, > Shodan Unless you’re talking about another filibuster, the one that made Wendy Davis famous was to prevent legislation forcing the closing of abortion clinics. Texas already had laws on the books banning late term abortions. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/42 "2014-09-30T19:30:24Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Were these abortions performed in Kenya? Can we see the long form abortion certificate? The problem is that one of the secret Kenyan abortion babies survived and was quickly hustled into a secret ISIS time machine (you didn’t know ISIS had a time machine? Well, you do now) so they could break into Queen Kapiolana hospital and switch the now-Muslamified infant with the _real_ Barack Obama, who instead grew up to be Cuba Gooding Jr. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/43 "2014-09-30T19:31:02Z")
Somehow I doubt the OP was considering voting for her if not for that. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/44 "2014-09-30T19:31:10Z")
Oh, this is Texas. Everything is bigger in Texas. Even abortions, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/45 "2014-09-30T19:32:34Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Well, we knew that [already](http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2014/sep/25/wendy-davis/wendy-davis-catches-fire-incorrect-claim-about-gre/) for other reasons. Given that, her fudging the facts about her background otherwise, and her filibuster in support of late-term abortions, it is, I suppose, reasonable to question whether or not she is fibbing about her abortions as well, but it won’t matter. The pro-abortion types will vote for her anyway and the antis won’t even if she is telling the truth about her abortions, which she might be doing. > > Regards, > Shodan When Shodan waddles in with a gavel and his barrister’s mullet and lays down the law, you know you’ve lost. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/46 "2014-09-30T19:35:53Z")
> [@JesterX](#): > > Unless you’re talking about another filibuster, the one that made Wendy Davis famous was to prevent legislation forcing the closing of abortion clinics. Texas already had laws on the books banning late term abortions. I doubt it was a mistake. We know how Shodan lies. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/47 "2014-09-30T19:38:44Z")
Is “Men’s Right’s” and “feminism” this board’s new thing now? I’m not defending “men’s rights”, oh good lord, far from it. It’s just that it seems like every other year we get some issue that produces _way_ too much traffic. Because that’s what this is. Whether it’s blatant misogyny, “scientific” racism, **JDT** on circumcision, **Der Trihs** on atheism, somebody I forget on declawing cats, or goddman **Cesario** on fucking pedophila, we go through these cycles. Besides, I thought “rape month” ended a while back. Can somebody post a calender so I can plan for the next cycle? This one snuck up on my me. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/48 "2014-09-30T19:40:05Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > When Shodan waddles in with a gavel and his barrister’s mullet and lays down the law, you know you’ve lost. Christ! I just had a vision of Obnoxio The Clown doing a bad Judge Judy imitation. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/49 "2014-09-30T19:44:54Z")
> [@kstarnes](#): > > I think a media organization should ask her, they just need to step up and stop being cowards. It’s a legitimate question, Wendy Davis made it an issue. Maybe they won’t step up because they think that only shitheads want to know and their shithead circulation is low. You may have to ask this one yourself. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/50 "2014-09-30T19:59:04Z")
I really don’t want to know about anyone’s abortions. Seriously, can we please bring some boundaries back to the world? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/51 "2014-09-30T20:01:09Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > Is “Men’s Right’s” and “feminism” this board’s new thing now? I think it’s about feminism and more about the fact that we’ve got a couple of vile MRA-type assholes hanging around here these days. Maybe they’re acting up because ‘women’s issues’ are in the news more often these days. You don’t have to be a hardcore feminist to be grossed out by **kstarnes** or **blindboyard** or “gold digger” **dalej42** & co. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/52 "2014-09-30T20:30:14Z")
> [@JesterX](#): > > Unless you’re talking about another filibuster, the one that made Wendy Davis famous was to prevent legislation forcing the closing of abortion clinics. Texas already had laws on the books banning late term abortions. I was talking about this one - > [@](#): > > On June 25, 2013, Davis performed a filibuster to block Senate Bill 5, a proposal to [ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Davis_(politician)) require abortion clinics to meet the same standards that hospital-style surgical centers do, and mandate that a doctor who performs abortions have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/53 "2014-09-30T20:33:21Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > I really don’t want to know about anyone’s abortions. I do, if it’s a politician trying to restrict the rights of women having abortions (obviously not Wendy Davis). Then her hypocrisy should be exposed. Or least she needs to show us how good she is at asking for forgiveness. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/54 "2014-09-30T20:43:32Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > I really don’t want to know about anyone’s abortions. Unfortunately if people are going to try to ban it and talk about how evil and shameful it is, people are also going to need to talk about it in public. Doing anything else concedes the premise of the argument. > [@](#): > > Seriously, can we please bring some boundaries back to the world? I’m pretty sure the answer to that is going to be “no.” ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/55 "2014-09-30T20:51:49Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > I really don’t want to know about anyone’s abortions. > > Seriously, can we please bring some boundaries back to the world? Maybe. But even if we do, there will always be a tribe of not-so-higher primates trying to force their buttcheeks between the fence pickets. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/56 "2014-09-30T20:55:01Z")
I will go on record here to say that I have never had an abortion. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/57 "2014-09-30T21:00:39Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I was talking about this one - Late term abortions weren’t being performed in Texas before the bill anyway, you dumb piece of shit. That part of the bill only put an exclamation mark on it. Those other little details about mobile surgical centers and admitting privileges? Yeah, those were important and the actual subject of the bill and filibuster. Maybe read more than the headlines or a blurb before demonstrating your idiocy once again? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/58 "2014-09-30T21:09:45Z")
I’ll correct myself. Yes, a few late term abortions were performed before the bill in Texas. But a small, small percentage of them, and mostly due to severe birth defects. Doesn’t change the point. The OP is an idiot and the half-assed defense was ill-conceived and probably by reflex. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/59 "2014-09-30T21:10:19Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Late term abortions weren’t being performed in Texas before the bill anyway, you dumb piece of shit. Do you have a cite that they were legal before the bill was passed? Because all the articles I have been able to Google say that this bill did, in fact, constitute a ban on abortions after the 20th week, along with the other restrictions. You silly snotbag. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996/60 "2014-09-30T21:10:35Z")
> [@kstarnes](#): > > Wendy Davis wants to be governor, she has smartly gotten ahead of the potential bombshell of a potential story by revealing that she has had not one, but two abortions. A gentleman is not supposed to ask about a woman’s abortion but I’m no gentleman (and she’s no lady) and I suspect she’s lying. I can understand why a male politician wouldn’t want to touch this but the media should ask. > > She claims that she had two abortions for ‘medical’ reasons. Can this be verified? > > Here is what I suspect: She had two abortions because she wasn’t ready to be a mother. It wasn’t for medical reasons. She’s lying. She’s a liar. > > Isn’t it convenient that a decade later (with her life perhaps better settled, and now a decade \*older \*and wiser) she gives birth to two healthy girls? Congratulations to her, children are a blessing but she still lied. > > Wendy Davis wants to run as a straight talker but she’s not talking straight. Go back to Stormfront, you tiny dicked bird brain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confounded-that-no-one-is-asking-about-the-two-abortions-that-wendy-davis-had-is-she-a-liar/699996.md?page=4)