Ultrasounds are back - nationally

[Panich52]

Now Republicans have gone too far. Last Thursday, House Republicans
introduced legislation to require forced vaginal ultrasounds before
receiving an abortion--or what many consider to be state-sponsored rape.

Tell Congress: Don't vote on the forced ultrasound bill, or women and men will remember it next November.

What's more, House Republicans are already scrambling to repair the damage from last week, when they had to cancel a vote on an extreme 20-week abortion ban over concerns the rape exception would offend women voters. So they are nervously watching to see how pro-women voters react to this kind of proposal. We need to remind them that we will not stand for this kind of disgusting, intrusive attack on women's health.

Sign the petition to tell Congress: Don't vote on the forced ultrasound bill.

http://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/congress_ultrasound/?t=2&akid=1617.305802.LRVjEs

Background:

1. House Republicans Propose Bill Mandating Ultrasounds Before Abortions, The Huffington Post, January 23, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/kxmnh5f

2. H.R. 492, 114th Congress, Congress.gov, accessed January 27, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/o2ff4hp

3. Ken Cuccinelli loses in Virginia: Women say no thanks, we're cool, Slate, November 5, 2013

http://tinyurl.com/kj4fmrr

4. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett under fire for defending bill that requires ultrasound before an abortion, PennLive, March 15, 2012

http://tinyurl.com/oxr2med

5. Team Rape lost big last night, Jezebel.com, November 7, 2012

http://tinyurl.com/oz7rscz

[Mnemosyne]

1. Someone close to me had to go last Fall, 250 miles round trip, have that ultrasound and then come

back the next day to have the procedure. This was in Ohio, not her state of residence, PA. Philadelphia was the closest in-state clinic she could find, 700 mi round trip. She is still devastated and has become convinced she's going to hell now. This young woman was not raised in a religious home, nor does she attend any church, but still this bullshit managed to get into her head.

Breaks the heart to have them putting their noses where they do not belong and causing more suffering than necessary. The decision is hard enough most times, without such control freaks.