THINK PROGRESS, February 16, 2012 -- Earlier this month, a bill requiring women to receive an ultrasound before they can receive an abortion passed the Virginia senate, and it recently cleared a state house committee with an overwhelming majority.
The effect of this bill would be to force most women to undergo a stunningly invasive procedure for no medical reason whatsoever. “Because the great majority of abortions occur during the first 12 weeks, that means most women will be forced to have a trans******l procedure, in which a probe is inserted into the ******, and then moved around until an ultrasound image is produced.”
Simply put, it is difficult to distinguish a law requiring women to be ******lly penetrated by a long metal object from state-sponsored rape. Worse, discussions among lawmakers leave little doubt that its supporters understood just what they were trying to write into law — they just didn’t care. As an unnamed lawmaker told a fellow Virginia delegate, a woman already consented to being “******lly penetrated when they got pregnant.”
Posted By: Richard Kigel
Friday, February 17th 2012 at 12:30PM
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