Another ultrasound bill, this time LA

[MountainLaurel]

All women seeking abortions would have to undergo an obstetric ultrasound two hours before the procedure unless there is a medical emergency, under legislation proposed by the Senate's second-ranking lawmaker.

Senate leader Sharon Weston Broome says her bill is designed to make women 'think twice about having an abortion.'
Senate President Pro Tem Sharon Weston Broome, D-Baton Rouge, said the bill is designed to make a woman "think twice about having an abortion. This is such a serious decision that a woman makes, the process should be exhausted with all the medical information on the procedure" available, she said.

Broome said she expects opposition to the measure from abortion rights organizations when Senate Bill 528 comes up for debate during the legislative session that begins Monday. She said she expects anti-abortion advocates to rally round her proposal.

Julie Mickelberry, director of public affairs of Planned Parenthood of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta, which supports abortion rights, said the bill "is not about health care; it's about shaming women for seeking an abortion."

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/03/women_seeking_abortions_must_h.html

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Ms. Broome needs to take hers up and fly away.

[PeaceNikki]

2. It's about shaming AND the burden of additional cost may deter some

Let's look at an ultrasound at 7 weeks:




Oh... the poor mass of tissue... look at its cute little...



umm....

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T9Edz4e0yag/SeYTFu6h8sI/AAAAAAAAASU/JeLFDcEB6Tk/s400/7+weeks+ultrasound+2.jpg

Well...

[uppityperson]

3. Mandating someone "think twice" about something that most think many times over is idiotic

it's about shaming women for seeking an abortion."

[musette_sf]

4. I wonder if this Blue Dog forced birther is tied to

Catherine Davis, she of the Georgia "Right To (ZBEF*) Life" racist anti-choice propaganda campaign?

Loretta Ross and Heidi Williamson from SisterSong really should lay a very public smack down on this hideous excuse for a "Democrat".

:grr:

* Zygote/Blastocyst/Embyro/Fetus