Former state Sen. Wendy Davis has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s near-total ban on abortion, the latest effort by abortion advocates to overturn the Texas law.

Davis has an incredible personal story: Remarkable individual achievement and perseverance, coming from a highly disadvantaged background. Her story, you could say, is the state’s story writ small.

Wendy Davis v. Greg Abbott. Let me take the suspense out of this race: Abbott will win in convincing fashion. As I've noted before, there are simply not enough women and minority voters in Texas ...

PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Hollywood loves stars and loves an underdog, and Democrat Wendy Davis is both. At a recent rooftop fundraiser hosted by Steven Spielberg and… ...

Wendy Davis Comes to a Moment of Truth 9 minute read Democratic candidate for Texas governor Wendy Davis takes part in a interview, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Austin, Texas.

Citing "a somewhat complicated and novel fundraising operation not explicitly contemplated by Texas law," the Texas Ethics Commission fined Battleground Texas and Wendy Davis' gubernatorial ...

State Sen. Wendy Davis, the newly minted Democratic candidate for governor, has released her first web ad. The four-and-a-half-minute spot, titled "A Texas Story," is heavy on biography.

Davis's more than 10-hour filibuster of an anti-abortion bill in Texas on Tuesday night lit the Internet on fire. It inspired a hashtag, generated viral memes and, of course, added to talk of ...

Texas State Democratic Senator Wendy Davis questions the state's Republican Senator Glenn Hegar, sponsor of Senate Bill 1 (SB1), as the state Senate meets to consider legislation restricting ...

Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, holds up two fingers to cast a no vote to bring an abortion bill to the floor early for debate, Monday, June 24, 2013, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ...

Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis spoke in Washington about a run for governor. Aug. 5, 2013— -- If not now, when? If not Wendy Davis, then who? Those are among the questions at the forefront of ...

Wendy Davis: Why Isn’t Texas Addressing Its Staggering Maternal Mortality Rate? 4 minute read Wendy Davis Fort Worth Star-Telegram—MCT via Getty Images By Wendy Davis July 18, 2017 1:30 PM EDT ...