O’Rourke, abortion rights backers attack Abbott over Texas’ trigger law and near-total ban

Beto O’Rourke and other Texas Democrats on the Nov. 8 midterm election ballot made the case Thursday that a change in leadership in Austin is the only way to reverse the near-total abortion ban after a new trigger law took effect.

At a press conference in Houston, Democratic nominee O’Rourke said defeating his opponent, incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott, is the only way to restore abortion rights in Texas.

“An abortion ban with no exception for rape or incest is not us,” O’Rourke said. “It may be Greg Abbott, but it’s not Texas.”