'I cannot give up this platform to promote complacency and peace, when there is a war on my body and a war on my rights.' This valedictorian gave a different graduation speech than the one her school approved to stand against an abortion law in Texas.
A high school valedictorian exhaled as she pulled a piece of paper from underneath her graduation gown.
Gathering her courage, Paxton Smith started the speech she had worked so hard on for her graduation on Sunday.But the speech the 18-year-old gave ended up being an entirely different speech than she had planned, and that her school had already approved. She said she initially was going to talk about TV media and content. Instead, the Dallas teenager decided to use her platform to take a stand against a controversial Texas abortion law that had recently passed.
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