In the past four years, women’s rights have taken multiple hard hits to the head from Texas lawmakers. From House Bill 1280 – the trigger law that slid out 30 days after Roe v. Wade got overturned, screaming into unholy life a first-degree felony charge for anyone who provided an abortion that led to an “unborn child” dying – to last year’s clear attack on transgender women, aka gender police bathroom bill Senate Bill 8, the priorities of our Republican-led Lege are anti-woman beyond a doubt. UT-Austin Students for a Democratic Society rally this International Women’s Day in defense of the bodily autonomy and freedom owed to all women, with endorsement from local orgs like Hands Off! Central Texas, Party for Socialism and Liberation Austin, and Young Democratic Socialists of America Austin. – James Scott
