Davis catapulted into the national limelight this summer following a filibuster on the issue. Texas anti-abortion ad to hit Davis

Wendy Davis, the Texas state senator who is poised to announce a Democratic bid for governor on Thursday, is an “abortion zealot” out of step with the rest of the state, according to a new ad going up in Texas this weekend.

“Wendy Davis puts late-term abortion ahead of our faith, our families and our Texas values,” charges the 60-second radio ad from Texas Right to Life shared first with POLITICO.


Davis catapulted into the national limelight this summer for staging a lengthy filibuster that temporarily derailed a restrictive abortion bill, which ultimately passed.

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“Extremist groups protested this new law and rallied around abortion zealot state Sen. Wendy Davis,” the ad says.

The spot is set to air in English and Spanish on South Texas airwaves, including Christian stations.

Republicans argue that Hispanic voters tend to oppose abortion rights, and the GOP is planning to paint Davis as a backer of controversial late-term abortions, citing her opposition to a piece of the legislation that banned abortion at 20 weeks.

“Wendy Davis believes terminating babies even halfway through pregnancy is OK,” the ad continues. “Wendy Davis is wrong on life, wrong for our children and wrong for Texas.”

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is the likely GOP gubernatorial nominee and enters the race as the presumed front-runner with a hefty war chest, but he led Davis by only single digits in a poll out this week that also indicated that many voters are undecided.