NPR Correspondent: Wendy Davis ‘An Instant Folk Hero’

NPR national correspondent Mara Liasson had some high praise on Sunday for Wendy Davis, the Texas state senator who succesfully filibustered a bill that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

She’s an instant folk hero,” Liasson said. “Anybody who can stand on their feet for 13 hours wearing pink sneakers, you know, gets to be that.”

However, Liasson said Davis was probably fighting a losing battle in defense of late-term abortion, which is something that most American support prohibitions on.

“In terms of the abortion debate, in the short term, she’s going to lose,” Liasson said.