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A schoolgirl in Texas goes viral with her passionate talk about abortion

A schoolgirl high school student from Texas took the opportunity to speak at her graduation ceremony to make a passionate speech against the laws that limit her ability abortion in this conservative American state and thus went viral, with many celebrities like Hillary Clinton knitting praise for the young girl.

“I refuse to give up my step (…) at a time when a war against my body and a war against my rights is going on,” Paxton Smith said from the podium during the Lake Highlands graduation ceremony. , in Dallas, May 30.

Earlier that month, his Republican governor Texas signed a law banning abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy, even in the case of rape or incest, in the context of the attack launched by conservative US states against the right to abortion.

“I have dreams, hopes, ambitions. Each of the girls who graduated today have. “We spent our whole lives working for our future and without our consent or opinion, the control over our future was taken away from us”, said the student.

“I am terrified that if my contraceptive method fails, that if I am raped, then my hopes and efforts will no longer matter,” she added, obviously excited.

Her speech, different from the one approved by her school management, garnered millions of views on the internet, while Hillary Clinton praised the girl’s courage.

“It simply came to our notice then. “Thank you for not remaining silent, Paxton,” the former Democratic presidential candidate wrote in a tweet.

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