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Paxton Smith Passionately Advocates for Abortion Rights at Power of Women

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Jennifer Yuma editorPaxton Smith, who made headlines in June when she gave a valedictorian address at her Texas high school and switched up her speech to call for abortion rights after Texas passed the heartbeat bill, received a standing ovation when taking the stage at Variety’s Power of Women event presented by Lifetime on Thursday.Smith was at the event on behalf of A Is 4, a non-profit that uses the arts to destigmatize abortion, as well as WRRAPS, the Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance project.The current freshman at University of Texas at Austin spoke about excelling in school to create her own path in life, only to be faced with a law that could take those choices away from her, if she were to get pregnant. “In high school, I.

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