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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
This was the scene last night in the Texas Capitol building.
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MONTAGNE: Crowds who came out to support a nearly 11-hour filibuster by Democratic State Senator Wendy Davis erupted in screams in an attempt to stop a vote on a bill that would have forced all but a handful of abortion clinics in Texas to close. That's because, among other things, the bill would require clinics be upgraded to ambulatory surgical centers, something that the clinics say they can't afford.
For more on the midnight drama, we turn to Ben Philpott.