PA GOP Governor Defends Ultrasounds Bill: Tells Concerned Women ‘You Just Have To Close Your Eyes’

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PA GOP Governor Defends Ultrasounds Bill: Tells Concerned Women ‘You Just Have To Close Your Eyes’
By Amanda Peterson Beadle on Mar 15, 2012 at 10:32 am

More than 10 state legislatures are considering or have passed bills forcing women to receive an ultrasound before having an abortion. And Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering one of the most far-reaching ultrasound bills in the nation.

Gov. Tom Corbett (R) reaffirmed this week that he supports the anti-abortion measure so long as it’s not obtrusive because women could simply close their eyes during the procedure:

QUESTION: Making them watch…does that go too far in your mind?

CORBETT: I’m not making anybody watch, OK. Because you just have to close your eyes. As long as it’s on the exterior and not the interior.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/15/444999/pennsylvania-governor-supports-ultrasound-bill/

[HockeyMom]

1. Just close your eyes and enjoy it?

Remember that about RAPE? Just substitute transvaginal ultrasound.

[Mnemosyne]

2. I heard a 'doctor' tell a friend that back in the eighties. I'm in PA, barf. n/t

[rfranklin]

25. Lay back and enjoy it...the comment that caused Tex Antoine to lose his weatherman job....

On November 24, 1976, his weather spot came up just after a report of a violent rape of a five year old girl. Tex, thereupon quipped: "With rape so predominant in the news lately, it is well to remember the words of Confucius: 'If rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it.'" (The same comment later helped derail Texas gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams' 1990 election bid and got Indiana University Basketball coach Bob Knight in trouble during an interview with Connie Chung in 1988). Roger Grimsby led the 11 p.m. newscast that night with the official apology from WABC. Five days later Grimsby would introduce Antoine's replacement, Storm Field, with "Lie back, relax and enjoy the weather with Storm Field." Antoine closed out his career with a brief stint as weatherman for WNEW-TV in 1977

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Antoine

[Mnemosyne]

41. I just cannot understand such mentality. Where does such a lack of empathy come from, I wonder? n/t

[avebury]

3. Is he flipping serious? NT

[HillWilliam]

4. Keep ramping up that war on women, Governor.

Just close your eyes and keep nattering. See how it works out for ya.

[Cirque du So-What]

7. And then lie back & enjoy it

Wotta fucking pig.

[Hepburn]

22. Please....don't insult fucking pigs...

...the man does not even maybe rate high!

[RobinA]

5. Oh. My. God.

Every day it's another jaw dropper. The cluelessness just never ends.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

6. They don't call 'em American Taliban for nothing. n/t

[gratuitous]

8. So Governor Nincompoop

If the patient doesn't have to watch, what's the point of mandating the procedure? You fuckers have gone so far around the bend, you don't even make sense on your own terms.

[RockaFowler]

9. My mom asked a good question about this

Who's gonna pay for all of these tests??

Look this is the most degrading thing I have ever seen before. We have men who can never reproduce on their own deciding what is best for women. These guys make me wanna puke. All of them.
Oh and the women who support this, too

[magical thyme]

18. that was answered long ago

The rape victims are expected to pay for every cent of their rape.

And yes, there are many bitter, unhappy women who swallowed the "women are property" and subservient crap long ago, who resent the women who threw off their chains. They will do anything to make every women share in their bitterness and unhappiness because it is so much easier than examining their own crimped lives and doing something to fix themselves.

[Worried senior]

44. I was wondering too, who was paying for this procedure

If a woman is having an abortion because she just cannot afford another child, wouldn't having to pay for this procedure be one more hardship?

Suppose that is their plan, bring another unwanted child into the world that has more than can be taken care of now.

[appleannie1]

10. Well Corbett, just close your eyes while I cut your pud off to prevent stupid from spreading.

And pray tell, who is going to pay for all these procedures you are defending Mr. Fiscal Responsibility since you have cut funding for health in this state? And who is going to pay for all those unwanted kids getting their immunizations, vaccinations and other needed medical services since you have cut funding for child health coverage? And who the hell is going to feed and educate them since you have cut school lunch programs and cut funding for schools, especially in low income districts? And when they get cancer or leukemia from all the tainted water from all the fracking in this state, are you going to pay for their funerals too?

[Jester Messiah]

11. That's just creepy as all hell.

[atreides1]

12. I have a question?

Is it just a coincidence that this anti-woman crusade started after the TeaBaggers were voted into office?

[JHB]

14. Is the pope Kenyan?

[JHB]

13. ...and think of England...err, Pennsylvania

Once again, I recommend instituting trans-rectal ultrasounds on politicians as an anti-corruption measure. Every few hours.

[MNBrewer]

15. "And think of England" is what I thought, too.

[Salviati]

38. "and think of Reagan"

Is what came to my mind...

[truebrit71]

16. Just who do these pig-ignorant fuckers think they are??

How is this ANY different than the Taliban????

Any woman that votes for these neanderthals needs their fucking head examined...

[myrna minx]

17. Wow - so it's the just lay back, close your eyes and enjoy?!

How any woman can vote for these monstors is mindblowing.

[backscatter712]

19. Gary Trudeau wasn't kidding...

"By the authority vested in my by the GOP base, I thee rape!"

http://www.doonesbury.com/

[woo me with science]

20. Good god. nt

[arthritisR_US]

21. oh for feck sake, what a wanker! n/t

[SacoMaine61]

23. Just close your eyes and think of the Empire /eom

[handmade34]

24. exterior; interior??

just keep your fucking hands OFF any part of my body!!!

this makes me livid beyond words

[SammyWinstonJack]

47. I hate republicans!

[PA Democrat]

26. Anything to punish and humiliate women, eh Gov?

No wonder he HATES the funding of education. A stupid populace is one that can be easily manipulated.

[riderinthestorm]

27. I have a suggestion Gov, get naked and have someone ultrasound your testicles before you get Viagra

It's only on the "exterior" you see. And you can always close your eyes during the procedure. Makes it all better right?




What part of "keep your fucking hands off my body" don't you understand? Or "these are private medical matters between me and my doctor"?

What a complete ass.

[librechik]

28. "That's what my rapist said..."

[Texas-Limerick]

29. All I'm Shovin

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Close your eyes and I'll scope you
Tomorrow I'll grope you
Remember this will always be true
And when you've gone away
There'll be others every day
So enjoy all I'm shovin into you

There's no use in resisting
This instrument I'm twisting
And know that your screams ring true
And when you're gone away
There'll be others every day
So enjoy all I'm shovin into you

All I'm  shovin there's no end for you
All I'm shovin it is good that's true
All I'm  shovin all I'm shovin ooh
All  I'm shovin it is good that's true

Cheer up with this video!

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[TBF]

30. Who is paying for these ultrasounds? And why do I suspect that these repigs have all bought stock

in the manufacturer who makes the machines? Probably the same ones making the xray at the airport machines ...

I've had quite enough of this crap.

[jehop61]

31. Ultrasound

Just a thought, but to get an ultrasound to work, the patient has to drink copious amounts of water.......... If a woman refuses to drink, will they force water down her throat? Sort of like waterboarding doncha think?

[PA Democrat]

35. That is a good point. 32 ounces of water 1 hour before the sonogram

is recommended in order to get a good image of the uterus.

Once again, this proves that the procedure is a PUNISHMENT for the woman seeking an abortion.

[krispos42]

32. "‘You Just Have To Close Your Eyes’ "...

...which the woman did while being raped by the guy violating her vagina.




No, I mean the OTHER guy. The one with the penis.




No, I mean the other guy who violated her with the penis.

[JackintheGreen]

33. On the bright side

he just supplied the text of the ad that's going to defeat him in 2014. It'll be two years old by then, but if he gets this through we all know he's just going to keep pushing.

[Initech]

34. Didn't this guy also give money to known pedophile Jerry Sandusky?

When he was under investigation by Penn State? Makes you wonder what skeletons he has hiding in his closet.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

36. If insane women were in charge instead of insane men

and these insane women were as obsessed about sex, pregnancy, and potential abortion as these insane men, what would men in general think about laws that require them to submit to various tests before they are even allowed to have sex and risk a woman getting pregnant? What if the insane women required every man to undergo electroejaculation, in which a rectal probe is introduced through the anus, to electrically induce ejaculation in order to get a sperm sample to see if the man is potent or not and is a risk of bringing about a woman's unwanted pregnancy thereby posing an abortion risk? The men could close their eyes, I guess.

[MadrasT]

43. I like where you're going with this.... n/t

[demmiblue]

37. I just don't know what to say anymore about the RWoW.

This disgusts me.

[Plucketeer]

39. I'm actually hoping these idiots DON'T stop pushing this stuff

And that's bercause they've very obviously forgotten that women can VOTE.

[JohnnyRingo]

40. Then why spend state money on it?

For such fiscal conservatives, they sure throw the taxpayers money around on things that have no concrete benefit to the public.

If you polled the voters there if they want a new school, park, or streetlights, they'd probably be up in arms about wasting their "hard earned" money, but expensive tax funded mandatory medical exams? You betcha.

[Botany]

42. Why are they spending time on this nonsense?

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Good God in butter this stuff was settled with two supreme court cases
... Griswold v Connecticut (1965) & Roe v Wade (1973) ... a long time ago.


Gov. Corbett should have his prostate exam done in a public park in Harrisburg,
PA and it should be streamed live too.

[indepat]

46. I'll second that

motion.

[indepat]

45. Surely only a died-in-the-wool fuck-head would make such a

statement.

[JPZenger]

48. Here's much much more about what Corbett is doing to PA. State Government

I'm glad there is finally a little bit of national attention to what PA. Governor Corbett has been doing. This is a target-rich environment. You can read much more at the following links.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1074

This includes a $955 million cut to public schools, a 50% cut proposed in state funding to the largest state universities, eliminating food stamps for households with more than $5,000 in assets, and passing the lowest tax/fee on the natural gas industry in the country (after years of delay). The latest slashing of funding to public universities is being accomplished in order to fund a $250 million business tax cut.

Corbett has also made no effort to address a funding crisis that is eliminating half of all mass transit service in the Pittsburgh area, and the crumbling of many major bridges.

And let's also not forget that Corbett as Attorney General was given full responsibility for investigating and prosecuting Jerry Sandusky almost THREE YEARS before Sandusky was charged with any crimes. According to news reports, only one part-time investigator was assigned to the Sandusky case.