AUSTIN, Texas — Republican attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott on Saturday criticized Democratic challenger Wendy Davis’ 2013 filibuster to block new abortion restrictions and touted his record of defending state abortion laws.

Abbott spoke to about 2,000 anti-abortion demonstrators at the state Capitol during the Texas Rally for Life rally. The event was on the same steps where abortion rights supporters rallied last year and helped propel Davis, a second-term state senator from Fort Worth, as a rising star for state Democrats.

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