Lake Highlands High School valedictorian Paxton Smith used her 3-minute speech to attack Texas’ new restrictive abortion law after making a last-minute speech switch. It's now gone viral.

A Texas high school valedictorian has gone viral for ditching her approved graduation speech to instead denounce the state’s anti-abortion bill, which was signed into law last month. Paxton ...

Paxton Smith had over a year to prepare her valedictorian speech, but when the moment came, there was only one topic she wanted to discuss: abortion rights. The Texas teen has gone viral for her ...

Paxton Smith. Photo: Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via AP As valedictorian of Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Paxton Smith knew she needed to prepare a speech for commencement on May 30.

Paxton Smith had submitted an entirely different speech on the effect of the media on young minds to school officials for the commencement ceremony at Lake Highlands High School in Dallas on ...

Texas high school valedictorian slams state’s abortion ban in graduation speech By Jackie Salo Published June 3, 2021 ...

Lake Highlands High School valedictorian Paxton Smith used her 3-minute speech to attack Texas’ new restrictive abortion law after making a last-minute speech switch. It's now gone viral.

Paxton Smith went off-script for her valedictorian graduation speech last week when she instead spoke out against Texas' "fetal heartbeat" bill. The speech has since been widely shared.

Case in point: Paxton Smith, a graduating senior from Dallas, Texas, who decided to ditch her pre-approved commencement speech in favour of a message about abortion rights.