{"id":55603,"date":"2014-11-05T02:35:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T07:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=55603"},"modified":"2014-11-05T02:35:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T07:35:43","slug":"pro-life-greg-abbott-wins-texas-gubernatorial-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-greg-abbott-wins-texas-gubernatorial-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life Greg Abbott wins Texas gubernatorial race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Greg Abbott, former Texas Attorney General, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2014\/elections\/scoreboard\/\">has won his election<\/a>\u00a0in Texas and will succeed fellow pro-lifer Rick Perry as Governor of the Lone Star State. Abbott, who ran against radical\u00a0abortion supporter Wendy Davis in the race, has a decade-long\u00a0history of defending life as a legislator, which bodes very well for the future of pre-born Texans and their mothers.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30977 size-full\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/texas.jpg\" alt=\"texas flag\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of Abbott&#8217;s longstanding pro-life history, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasrighttolife.com\/\">Texas Right to Life<\/a> Director Elizabeth Graham <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2014\/11\/04\/pro-life-greg-abbott-defeats-abortion-champion-wendy-davis-for-governor-in-texas\/\">stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In addition to defending Pro-Life laws passed by the Legislature, he has helped ensure that women have full access to health care services at agencies that are not sullied by affiliation with abortion. Not only does Attorney General Abbott\u2019s record show his concern for pregnant women, but also his record of protecting all women from the predatory abortion industry is clear. He is the type of leader and statesman on whom we can depend.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With Abbott&#8217;s win, Wendy Davis and her infamous pink running shoes are likely to disappear from the spotlight. In addition to being strongly supportive of\u00a0abortion, Abbott&#8217;s opponent also attacked the governor-elect\u00a0on multiple occasions <a href=\"\/news\/wendy-davis-goes-negative-with-despicable-ad-on-opponents-disability\/\">for being disabled<\/a> &#8212; and neither strategy sat well with voters in the largely pro-life state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Abbott, former Texas Attorney General, has won his election\u00a0in Texas and will succeed fellow pro-lifer Rick Perry as Governor of the Lone Star State. Abbott, who ran against radical\u00a0abortion supporter Wendy Davis in the race, has a decade-long\u00a0history of defending life as a legislator, which bodes very well for the future of pre-born Texans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":41670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pro-life Greg Abbott wins Texas gubernatorial race - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-greg-abbott-wins-texas-gubernatorial-race\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pro-life Greg Abbott wins Texas gubernatorial race - Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Greg Abbott, former Texas Attorney General, has won his election\u00a0in Texas and will succeed fellow pro-lifer Rick Perry as Governor of the Lone Star State. 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