With little short-term hope, Texas’ abortion-rights movement sets its sights on the long run

Demonstrators in Austin marched to the state Capitol on Friday in protest of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Credit: Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune)

On the morning after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, stripping from millions the constitutional protection to seek an abortion, state Rep. Erin Zwiener went out into her Hill Country district to knock on doors.

Her hope, the Democrat told The Texas Tribune, was to “meet lots of angry people today.”