{"id":550125,"date":"2021-06-02T18:35:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T22:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=550125"},"modified":"2021-06-02T18:35:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T22:35:30","slug":"hillary-clinton-praises-teen-who-secretly-switched-valedictorian-speech-to-bash-texas-abortion-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-praises-teen-who-secretly-switched-valedictorian-speech-to-bash-texas-abortion-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton Praises Teen Who Secretly Switched Valedictorian Speech To Bash Texas Abortion Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhillary-clinton-praises-teen-who-secretly-switched-valedictorian-speech-to-bash-texas-abortion-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=550125&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Untitled-design-6-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton praised a teenager Wednesday for secretly switching her valedictorian speech in order to criticize a new Texas law banning abortions after an unborn baby has a heartbeat.<\/p>\n<p>The former First Lady tweeted her support for Lake Highlands High School valedictorian Paxton Smith, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmagazine.com\/frontburner\/2021\/06\/lake-highlands-high-valedictorian-pulls-switcheroo-on-commencement-speech\/\">pulled<\/a> an unapproved valedictorian speech from her bra at the lectern on graduation day and delivered a speech about Texas\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TX\/bill\/SB8\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heartbeat Act<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/texas-abbott-signs-heartbeat-act\/\">(RELATED: Texas Passes Abortion Ban Protecting \u2018Every Unborn Child With A Heartbeat\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis took guts,\u201d Clinton tweeted. \u201cThank you for not staying silent, Paxton.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.6136363636364\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This took guts. Thank you for not staying silent, Paxton. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DlwEgmMRGN\">https:\/\/t.co\/DlwEgmMRGN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton\/status\/1400127800288419840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The new Texas law bans abortions after the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/14\/greg-abbott-roe-v-wade-texas\/\">unborn baby<\/a>\u00a0has a heartbeat. By the end of the fourth week of pregnancy,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/articles\/7247-fetal-development-stages-of-growth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Cleveland Clinic, the unborn baby\u2019s tiny heart tube will beat about 65 times a minute, and a heartbeat can be detected by about six weeks. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/20\/texas-don-huffines-greg-abbott-james-younger\/\">(RELATED: Texas Candidate Challenging Gov Abbott Promises To End Trans Surgeries For Minors)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost women don\u2019t even realize they\u2019re pregnant by six weeks,\u201d Smith said. \u201cAnd so, before they have a chance to decide if they are emotionally, physically, and financially stable enough to carry out a full-term pregnancy, before they have the chance to decide if they can take on the responsibility of bringing another human being into the world, tate decision has been made for them by a stranger. A decision that will affect the rest of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.6852791878173\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In Texas, Lake Highlands High School valedictorian, Paxton Smith, switched out her approved speech to talk about abortion rights. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4xsoHARDSs\">pic.twitter.com\/4xsoHARDSs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kolleen (@littlewhitty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/littlewhitty\/status\/1399982526396043264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI have dreams, hopes, and ambitions,\u201d she continued. \u201cEvery girl graduating today\u00a0does. We have spent our entire lives working towards our future, and without our input, and without our consent, our control over that future has been stripped away from us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am terrified that if my contraceptives fail, that if I\u2019m raped, then my hopes and aspirations and efforts and dreams for my future will no longer matter,\u201d she said. \u201cI hope you can feel how gut-wrenching that is, I hope you can feel how dehumanizing it is to have the autonomy over your own body taken from you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The high school graduate concluded by saying, \u201cWe cannot stay silent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lake Highlands High School did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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