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Politician Wendy Davis had to literally risk her life to prevent abortions from being banned:

From wikipedia

2013 filibuster
See also: Texas Senate Bill 5

On June 25, 2013, Davis performed a filibuster to block Senate Bill 5, a proposal to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, require abortion clinics to meet the same standards that hospital-style surgical centers do, and mandate that a doctor who performs abortions have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.[42] She attempted to hold the floor until midnight, when the Senate's special session ended, after which it would no longer be able to vote on the measure.[43] Following an 11-hour filibuster—ending three hours short of midnight—Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst ruled that Davis had gone off topic, forcing a vote on whether the filibuster could continue.[44] Despite Republican efforts, parliamentary inquiries from Leticia R. Van de Putte and others as well as raucous cheering and yelling from the political activists gathered in the Capitol carried on through midnight and the close of the special session.[45] Following the deadline, Republicans indicated that a vote had taken place and passed, while Democrats declared that the vote had taken place after midnight, making it void.[45] Dewhurst later conceded that the bill was dead.[46][47] The next day, Governor Rick Perry called for a second special session to allow for another attempt to pass the abortion restrictions, as well as to address other issues.[48][49] The bill was eventually passed by both the House and the Senate in the July 2013 second special session,[50][51][52] prompting one commentator to state that "Wendy Davis won the battle, but Rick Perry won the war."[53] The bill was signed by Gov. Rick Perry on July 18, 2013.[54]

The filibuster attracted national attention, including in The New York Times and The Washington Post.[55][56] National fundraising by and speculation about a gubernatorial run for Davis also followed.[4] She was encouraged to run by groups like Battleground Texas and EMILY's List.[57]

A hero

However:
Timestamp issue

After the bill was thought to have been passed, a record was added to the official web page on the history of the bill. According to the page, the timestamp of the bill's passage was listed as the 26th.[15] Later, the page was taken down and altered to say that the bill was passed on the 25th.[16] According to Texas Penal Code, Section 37.10, it is a crime to make an alteration that is false in a government document or record.[16][17] According to the Legislative Reference Library of Texas the Texas Legislature Online system "... is not the official record of those actions, and [the Legislative Reference Library staff] enters actions on TLO as a public service independently of the officers of the house or senate."[18] The Public Integrity Unit has begun an investigation into the events after receiving complaints.[19]
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