The Texas Observer asks whether the Democratic sweep of Texas's statewide races — ousting Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, and Ken Paxton and seating an unprecedented trio of abortion-rights women atop state government — marks a new dawn for abortion rights, profiling Amanda Zurawski, whose near-death sepsis under the ban spurred her lawsuit. Ahead of the January 12 session, Donna Howard filed a full repeal of Texas's abortion laws, Carol Alvarado proposed rape and incest exceptions, and advocates expect new attorney general Nathan Johnson to abandon Paxton's anti-abortion fights, though Republicans retain the Senate 19-12.