Sonogram before abortion bill moves ahead in Texas House

[babylonsister]

I wonder if TX will be paying for these tests? Right.


Sonogram before abortion bill moves ahead in Texas House

By Dave Montgomery | The Fort Worth Star-Telegram


AUSTIN — In the first substantive display of their two-thirds majority, House Republicans on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a bill requiring sonograms before abortions.

The bill is expected to easily win final passage Monday, but its ultimate fate remains uncertain because of key differences with a Senate-passed bill.

The bill by Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, would require doctors to perform sonograms before abortions and give women the chance to see the image and hear the fetal heartbeat. Women would not be required to receive the information, but doctors could lose their licenses if they do not perform sonograms and make them available.

House members voted largely along party lines, 103-42, to pass the bill after hours of debate over two days. In a replay of the Senate's emotional debate, proponents said the measure would give women access to vital information before making a life-changing decision, while opponents denounced it as an intrusive and thinly veiled attack on abortions.

Gov. Rick Perry has made the bill an emergency item to be fast-tracked through the Legislature. Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, who authored the Senate bill, said the House measure is unacceptable to senators but said he hopes to resolve differences between the two versions.

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[daggahead]

1. Will they also allow the fetus to be a tax write-off? n/t

[blogslut]

2. Of course the woman will have to pay for it

Part of the plan is to greatly increase the price of the procedure.

[northoftheborder]

5. the doctor should send the bill for the sonogram to his congressman or senator who voted for this

[tanyev]

3. Next up: Men to be charged with 111 million counts of murder for every incident of onanism.

[babylonsister]

4. Yea, right. Maybe a female Dem should promote a bill like that,

just for shits and grins.

[rzemanfl]

6. How about requiring men to pass a test on child support laws

and their enforcement before they have sex? Every time. It could be done on-line or on forms packed with adult products like alcohol and personal lubricants. Women could report anyone who asked for sex without completing the test.

[JoePhilly]

7. Only married men can get Viagra, right?

[Shallah Kali]

9. & for the purpose of procreation

cuz anything else would just be sinful and we wouldn't want to let folks going around sinning and thwarting god's order to procreate

[Sonoman]

8. What does my grandmother have to do with this?

Just asking, because she is dead as dead gets.

Sonoman