Thank goodness this was stopped. I attached the picture for all the men who say, “It wasn’t that bad.” Put yourself in that position. You would never allow the state to do this to you. It took a roomful of sexist men to come up with this idea, and a small group of women willing to sell out their sisters to push for it. As far as I am concerned this was an attempt at statutory rape foiled by people willing to fight back.>To read story, click here
So you know, Texas passed this horrible law, requiring all women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound in the most recent Session and it was just recently upheld in court. Intravaginal ultrasounds are the standard way of conducting ultrasounds in early pregnancy, so women in Texas will be undergoing this procedure if they seek a first trimester abortion. Here’s the link to a recent story about the court’s decision
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/07/us-texas-abortion-idUSTRE81605220120207