Virgina House passes bill for vaginal ultrasound

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Permalink Reply by Joseph P on February 18, 2012 at 11:27pm

I heard about it this morning.  It fits the legal definition of rape, in Virginia.

Dan Savage (http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/02/16/vagina-is-for-...) had a bit to say about it, with some links to Rachel Maddow's show.

Permalink Reply by annet on February 18, 2012 at 11:33pm

What is going on in Virginia?    

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on February 18, 2012 at 11:42pm

Tea Party bullshit from the 2010 midterm elections.  They took over state legislatures with the promise of focusing on economic issues, then immediately began pushing ultra-conservative social legislation.

We have a gay-marriage-ban constitutional amendment up for vote in North Carolina, in the spring, because of those assholes.

Permalink Reply by annet on February 19, 2012 at 12:35am

Ugh, well it looks like Texas has already beaten out everybody on crazy in this regard. Do providers really comply with this stuff? 

....Texas, which in 2011 passed arguably the country’s most sweeping ultrasound law. Where Virginia would have providers offer a viewing of the ultrasound image, Texas requires much more. Providers there must both make an audible heartbeat of the fetus available and provide a detailed description of the fetus pictured in the sonogram.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/is-virginias-ul...

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on February 19, 2012 at 12:42am

I've heard that they provide their own, artificial heartbeat-track, if necessary, if the abortion is done before the fetus has developed sufficiently to have a detectable heartbeat.

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on February 19, 2012 at 12:42am

Yeah I fought that ultrasound bill - looks like it passed anyway though.

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on February 19, 2012 at 12:43am

Bad stuff

Permalink Reply by Steph S. on February 19, 2012 at 12:42am

It does humiliate and shame women - so what do we do about it? Looks as if they passed the bill. In Texas they passed and ultrasound bill - you have to get an ultrasound if you want an abortion now.