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What We Are Missing in the Trans-vaginal Ultrasound Debate
Everyone please step away from the ledge. The public discourse about mandated trans-vaginal ultrasounds for abortion patients is completely out of control—among both abortion rights opponents and...
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State-Sanctioned Rape: Trans-Vaginal Ultrasound Laws in Virginia, Texas, and...
Virginia is poised to send two of the most abhorrent anti-choice bills to Governor Bob McDonnell to sign. The governor, eyes trained on a vice presidential bid, has indicated he will sign at least one...
View ArticleUPDATE: Virginia Delegate Says Mandatory Ultrasound Bill Will Turn Doctors...
Editor’s Note: This article was updated on February 21, 2011 with the following information: According to Delegate David Englin the Virginia GOP is suddenly “running scared of their own social...
View ArticleThe Scarlet Ultrasound: State-Sanctioned Rape as Punishment for Having Sex
Research and common sense both tell us that mandatory ultrasounds cannot be what proponents claim they are, a harmless attempt to impart information to a woman to help with her decision on abortion....
View ArticleIn Partial Victory, Virginia Governor Suddenly Finds Medical Evidence...
Today, after a week of media coverage of a bill mandating that women seeking abortion undergo medically unnecessary state-sanctioned trans-vaginal ultrasounds, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is now...
View ArticleVirginia Delegate: “Personhood” Bill Effectively Dead
Delegate David Englin of Virginia’s 45th district tells Rewire regarding the “Personhood” and forced ultrasound bills: The Senate actually took up House Bill 1, the “personhood” bill, today....
View ArticleState Senator Coleman on Alabama’s Mandated Ultrasound Bill: “It’s Rape”
This article was updated at 5:15 p.m., Monday, February 27th to include information on a phone call placed to Preferred Medical Services, which could not confirm the claim made by Senator Reed that...
View ArticleWhat I Learned Today in Virginia: Orwellian Logic in 2012
Early this morning, I learned that Governor McDonnell had ordered a SWAT Team to cover a Candlelight Vigil I attended the night before at the Governor’s Mansion. Riot police were hiding in the bushes,...
View ArticleMcDonnell’s Forced Ultrasound Bill Awakens a Sleeping Giant — Pro-Choice...
During this year’s General Assembly session, conservative state legislators and Governor McDonnell made their disdain for women’s autonomy and privacy obvious with a slate of bills designed to restrict...
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