The Virginian-Pilot
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A bill to require women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound procedure is moving toward passage in the House but is unlikely to clear the Senate.
HB 1042, sponsored by Del. Kathy Byron, R-Bedford County, won preliminary House approval Tuesday and is up for final passage today.
A similar measure sponsored by Byron was passed by the House last year but failed in a Senate committee that is historically inhospitable to bills seeking to regulate abortion.
Byron said ultrasound imaging can help determine the gestational age of the fetus and would lead to safer abortions.
Under the bill, a woman would be given an opportunity to see the image of the fetus before the abortion.
Del. Jennifer McClellan, D-Richmond, opposing the measure, said ultrasounds are not always an accurate indicator of gestational age. She also warned that the bill could be triggered in the case of miscarriages as well as abortions.
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Manditory ultrasounds
I am pro-life, but I have been convinced (by the feminists) that women know what they are doing without being forced to undergo an ultrasound. On the other hand, I hear some of the same feminists being inconsistent this week and saying that the pro-life Tebow ad during the Super Bowl might talk women out of abortions and into carrying risky pregnancies. No, not if the other logic about ultrasounds is sound!
Craziness
Unbelievable!In this day of endless health care debates and soaring costs, requiring people to get this useless, extra medical procedure further complicates these issues. Who will pay for this etc.? Nothing is improved or changed by this test. Before the public or insurance companies are required to pay for ultra sound, we need government paid DNA tests so that the government and unwed mothers can go to court and sue for support. Every child receiving welfare should be given/required to have a government paid DNA test and the support order should be federal so people can't escape the order by moving across the state line. It's expensive to sue for support in every state of the US, which you have to do now. There are a couple of states that will honor each other state's support orders, but it's difficult to enforce. The bums keep on running. If unwed mother's knew they could have this kind of support, maybe they would be more likely to not abort. For married women or unwed with means....take a plane to another state or another country, depending on your income level.
The struggle ...
... to make government intervene to prevent fetus termination has become radicalised by religionists claiming to act for the creator. They say they oppose killing. John the Baptist told soldiers who sought his instruction, 'refrain from violence'; the case for killing in the name of a nation is supported by those who oppose fetus termination and therein is the contradiction, for whom is their Master?
You know the whole deal my
You know the whole deal my friend. Ignore a lot of it and dismiss it as outdated and then take what they don't like and say, "God said this...look!" It's so sad.
Recognising the creator ...
... basically is the intention of Thanksgiving. Birthing, basically, is the end resulting from copulation(intercourse). ADAM was to become a living person(being,soul,etc.)when he was to breathe; breathing therefore became the legal standard for one to be considered a separated and independent person. A miscarriage then is the failure of a fetus to survive through birthing. The choice to terminate a pregnancy, basically, is that of the female or the copulating couple but interlopers try to intervene and to gain status, claim the fetus is already a separate person, a strained position but one upon which they justify moderate and extreme measures to coerce the female to continue through childbirth.
Unreliable ultrasound
The day before my 5 pound 14 ounce child was born, an ultrasound report stated that the fetus weighed 4 pounds even. The doctor responsible for the ultrasound report did not bill me for the test.
Wasteful
Even if you are pro-life, as I am, this is waste and abuse of medical resources for no medical gain. Many of these young women will not have the extra money for these tests and the tax payer will just be stuck with paying the bills.
gov't run healthcare mandated by republicans
Looks like they don't hate gov't telling people what to do after all.
Only if it involves gay
Only if it involves gay marriage, smoking, taxes or anything they are against.
Ruse
This bill is nothing in the world but a ruse, the effect of which would possibly be to get women to change their minds about an abortion. For a woman who has made the agonizing decision to end her pregnancy, having to undergo an ultrasound is nothing short of cruelty.