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As the clock ticks forward to midnight during Wendy Daviss historic filibuster of the abortion bill HB2 in June 2013 an Austin teen grapples with his past mistakes the complex issue of abortion and the kind of person he wants to be

Its been a rough year for Alex Collins In the past twelve months hes lost his best friend become the target of the two biggest bullies at school and been sentenced to community service But on June 25 2013 he gets a call for help from Cassie Ramirez the prettiest girl in school At last he feels like his luck might be changing Cassie is at the Texas State Capitol to protest Wendy Daviss historic filibuster of the abortion bill HB2 and shes rallying everyone she knows to join her Until today Alex didnt know what a filibuster was and hed never given a moments thought to how he felt about abortion But at the Capitol he finds himself in the middle of a tense scene full of prolife blueshirts prochoice orangeshirts and blustering politicians playing political games as Wendy Davis tries to run out the clock at midnight Alex may have entered the Capitol looking to spend time with Cassie but the political gets personal when he runs into his exfriend Shireen in an orange Tshirt and quickly realizes that when it comes to an issue like abortion neutral isnt an option Over the next nineteen hoursas things get increasingly heated both on the Senate floor and between the two sets of protestersAlex will struggle to figure out what side hes on knowing that whatever choice he makes will bring him facetoface with his past mistakes