Michigan Republicans Introduce New Invasive Transvaginal Ultrasound Bill
On the heels of Virginia enacting legislation requiring women seeking abortions must have an abdominal ultrasound before having an abortion, Michigan legislators have jumped on the transvaginal ultrasound bill bandwagon. It was introduced by Reps. Johnson, Rendon, Heise, LaFontaine, McBroom, McMillin, Howrylak, Lauwers, Somerville, Haines, Haveman, Brunner, Brown, Hooker, Yonker, Muxlow, Kelly, Denby, Zorn, Franz, Potvin, Kurtz and Genetski.
All are Republicans.
This bill claims that because many abortions are performed in clinics devoted solely to providing abortions, these women might not have all the information they need (claiming a lack of informed consent). They’re using this as a cudgel to require additional time and effort to obtain an abortion. The language of the bill points towards the requirement of a transvaginal ultrasound…
I am late to this discussion, but I seemed to me from the start that NorthWhale was legitimate and not from the US. The English spelling for gynecologist is gynaecologist. Also, there is a different charge in the US for D&C's(whether elective or not) depending on the gestation. A surgical abortion (D&C) performed before 7 weeks may actually miss the gestational sac because it ...
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