According to the Monday March 2, 2009 editorials, Senator Dan Patrick, the Houston Republican and one of the state’s leading culture warriors, is behind an anti-abortion bill which means that a pregnant women seeking an abortion will be force-fed information designed to humiliate them.
An ultrasound is already being performed on every woman seeking an abortion because it’s medically necessary. The anti-abortion information will be read to every woman before the procedure where the ultrasound information will be described in detail and an audible heartbeat. With Patrick’s bill the women could no longer refuse the anti-abortion information. Instead, the physician must describe to the women what the ultrasound shows, including dimensions, heart activity and limbs, and make the heartbeat audible. The doctor must display the ultrasound images and present the printed material, though the woman doesn’t have to look at it. The writer continues saying that the same week that the bill attempts to shame pregnant women out of an abortion, another bill was filed that aims to prevent teen pregnancies.
The writer seemed pretty upset about the anti-abortion information and how they really didn’t want to humiliate the person, instead education would probably be more effective in situations like this. He seemed really upset with how the legislatures are handling the whole situation. He then moves on talking about teen pregnancies saying Texas could save millions of dollars by preventing teen pregnancies.
I totally have to agree with the writer on this one, they shouldn’t have to humiliate women for their decision to do something, instead maybe educating them in that area would probably be more effective. And yeah some of the women out there are teens who are seeking abortion because they made a mistake but maybe educating them about abortion and preventing teen pregnancies will be more effective, and plus it’ll probably a whole lot easier than humiliation.
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