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March 20, 2007
Bad news of the day
Georgia on my mind...and not in a good way.
The Georgia house approved a measure yesterday that would require doctors to offer to show patients requesting an abortion an ultrasound image of the fetus if an image was made....Critics said of the measure urged the state not to interject itself in the abortion debate.
Sigh.
Posted by Jessica at March 20, 2007 10:14 AM
Comments
The article says that doctors are required to make an offer of an ultrasound. Does this law require that a woman accept the offer?
I'm pro-choice on this issue, so if a woman is allowed to refuse the ultrasound, I'm not sure this is necessarily a bad thing, as long as her refusal is not rebutted by anyone else now (in the form of further, coercive, tactics by doctors) or later (in the form of "upgrading" the law to force the ultrasound against her will).
Posted by: Chimera at March 20, 2007 6:00 PM