Via kos:
OKLAHOMA CITY—The Oklahoma Senate approved several bills Monday that opponents say would make it more difficult or uncomfortable for women to get abortions, including one that would require women seeking the procedures early in their pregnancies to undergo an invasive form of ultrasound…[The law] would require doctors to use a vaginal probe in cases where it would provide a clearer picture of the fetus than a regular ultrasound.
“You’re going to force someone to undergo an invasive medical procedure,” objected state Sen. Andrew Rice, D-Oklahoma City, who voted against the bill. “You have to invasively put an instrument inside the woman. This could be your 15-year-old daughter who was raped.”
Maybe we could subject women seeking an abortion to electro-shock therapy while we’re at it. I’m really sick of this crap, and wish Anti-abortionists would stop treating abortion like an impulse buy. They act like a woman approaches getting an abortion with the same impulse as buying a pair of shoes – as if they were strolling past an abortion clinic and think, Hey, I should get one of those. I was going to have the baby, but now…
It’s the same mindset that’s behind the 24 hour waiting period.
Doctor: Before you have an abortion you have to wait 24 hours.
Patient: Why?
Doctor: You should think about it.
Patient: OMG! I knew I forgot to do something! Thank you so much for reminding me to think!
Here’s the deal. If you don’t believe in abortion, don’t have one. And if you’re male and concerned you won’t have a say in whether your partner has an abortion – don’t have sex. These are things you can control, but this isn’t really about personal control – it’s about controlling other people, mainly women.