After reading this story, I have to admit that I don’t think the South Carolina legislature is going as far as they should.I mean, if they’re going to behave like a bunch of utterly sexist, intellectual troglodytes, then there is so much more that they can do.
Making a woman seeking an abortion view an ultrasound image of the fetus prior to undergoing the procedure isn’t traumatic enough, I say. If you want to really cause harm, then why don’t you make hear actually wear the ultrasound image after the procedure has been performed?
Better yet, why don’t you set up some sort of a community bulletin board and legally force her to sign her name and post the ultrasound image on the board? That way, those who may miss seeing her as she wears the ultrasound image on her clothing will have an extra opportunity to view the image next to her name.
And if you really want to be thorough about it, you could make her list her phone number on the board also so all of the whacko fundie zealots who actually think this is acceptable legislation for a state government could call her and ridicule her all hours of the day and night.
If the woman chooses to view the ultrasound image, it should be her right. But to compel her to do so is an act of utter sadism.
2 comments:
I had never heard about this! That is crazy...I can't believe it's legal for them to do that! Ugh!
It's not legal...yet - hopefully sanity will prevail, but we are talking about a red state, after all.
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