Open Thread - I'm A Doctor!
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Jim DeMint: A Lot Of Women 'Want The Opportunity To Get A Free Ultrasound'
According to troglodyte Heritage Foundation President and former Sen. Jim DeMint, lots of women are just thrilled to be forced to have an ultrasound prior to being allowed to have an abortion.
Indiana Bill Would Force Women To Endure Two Medically Unnecessary Transvaginal Probes
As Rachel Maddow noted in her segment above, it looks like Indiana Gov. Mike Pence may be set to follow in Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's shoes and take over the title of Governor Ultrasound if he ends up supporting this bill that just passed his state's Senate.
Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Make Mandatory Transvaginal Ultrasounds "Top Priority"
Wisconsin Republicans never fail to disappoint when it comes to bizarre, authoritarian, ultra-conservative behavior. Here's their latest, via ThinkProgress:
Example of a transvaginal ultrasound procedureAt the Wisconsin Right to Life Legislative
War On Women #satire
As the gender gap threatened to undermine their crusade for a one-term Obama, the GOP turned to Twitter to un-sink the Titanic. Don’t worry your pretty little heads about our party’s mandated transvaginal rapes and birth control bans, a host of
PA Gov. To Women: Just Close Your Eyes During Forced Ultrasound
Gov. Tom Corbett (R) says he supports forcing women to have an ultrasound before an abortion because they can just close their eyes.
Guttmacher Institute policy analyst Elizabeth Nash said last month that Pennsylvania's proposed measure is one of
Some Papers Won't Be Running 'Doonesbury' This Week
Political comic strip Doonesbury will feature an abortion storyline this week that focuses on the new Texas law requiring pregnant women to receive a transvaginal ultrasound and then wait 24 hours before having an abortion.
The subject matter
Wife Turns Cold Shoulder To VA State Delegate Over Vaginal Ultrasound Bill
I'm surprised that Mr. Albo didn't respond to this situation by introducing a bill that revoked women's suffrage:
State Del. David Albo (R-Fairfax Station) was addressing the House of Delegates Friday when he described his failed seduction of
Conservatives' Horrible Hypocrisy On Women's Health
Darrell Issa holds a hearing on religious freedom while Virginia passes a law requiring mandatory transvaginal ultrasounds for any woman seeking an abortion.
