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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:36 AM Original message |
Texas lawmakers approve bills requiring ultrasound before abortion |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. And who pays for this? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Won't be an unfunded mandate. The "patient" will be compelled to pay for the "test" |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I was basing my interpretation of "unfunded mandate" on this.... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Here's where I differ: The sonogram will be considered as part of the abortion procedure |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. Also required in cases of rape and incest. I am sick an tired of the right wing control of our |
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luvspeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. Sounds abusive, expensive and degrading... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. How in the world is this legal???? |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Little or no interest? Huh? Well, for a thread that |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. The past 10 years here probaby is what I base my accusation on. |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
54. No problem. I agree, sometimes people here are slow to pick up upon |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Thanks for being you and thanks for speaking out. |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
8. Freedom Texas Style |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You can label it "Texas" style but all of these reproductive rights |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I wouldn't go THAT far...lower courts, perhaps, state courts, perhaps...but |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I am going to bet you do not live in Texas. Will probably be lauded as |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
53. I didn't live in Nazi Germany either, but I know when an invasive |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #53 |
67. As do I. Would you like to make a suggestion as to how we |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. Yep. Texas Republicans want to stick a probe in a rape or incest victims vagina |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I don't think that's how an ultrasound is done. But I'm no doctor. |
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Tess49 (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Transvaginal ultrasounds are done for first trimester pregnancies. |
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luvspeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. try reading the links... |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
52. What a great idea! n/t |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #52 |
65. Excuse me? |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. I think he/she means one should read the links? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Ah, I see. |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Sure. At least that is my interpretation. |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. That's right! |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
14. Another "unfunded mandate". |
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luvspeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
15. not trying to be gross here, but... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. And that, of course, is the idea. Saw massive amounts of |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. They'd be prying my ipod |
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MsPithy (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
19. IT'S THE VAGINAL TRANSDUCER, STUPID! |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
21. Women are second class citizens to the Republican Party. |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Not so sure they aren't many other groups bedsides repugs where |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Second class? More like 10,000th class. |
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Tess49 (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
24. A similar law was passed in Okla last year. It was immediately |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Where is it in the court sytem now? Has it been thrown out or |
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Tess49 (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I'm not sure. I don't think it has been thrown out yet. |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Then it could still become a valid law. |
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Tess49 (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Yes, it could. n/t |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
25. Since Republicans continue to think that women are stupid |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I have been saying a variation of this for 20 years+. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. maybe they should put that ultrasound next to the hollow heads of Texas legislators FIRST... |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. repig values |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. Where's Molly when you really need her? |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
33. Just sent this to my nephew |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. To be run down by bubbas in pickup trucks. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Seriously? |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Of course there are. In my family I can count several. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 05:29 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. I've been reading that |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #63 |
70. Thank you for the kind words. Hosting Dem Women |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. With nephew schooling there |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Do you have any idea how many Dems there are in |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. What comments? I am a fifth generation Texan and have watched as |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Here's my county.... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. How I envy you!!! |
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Democat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
34. Smaller government, except in your bedroom and womb! |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
36. Obscene, abusive, unconstitutional....statutory rape. |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
37. You're missing the point. All they have to do is pass this mandate and they've won.... |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. That is right. We need the physicians to protest. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
38. k&r for more to see since some do cruise "Latest" page. |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
44. How can you be forced to have ANY medical procedure |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
45. Those who voted for the law should submit themselves... |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. 107-42? Wasn't that the score of that Lakers/Cavs game? |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #46 |
72. Texas is the hind part of this nation |
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IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
49. I don't see anywhere in the article that says: |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. All ultrasounds in the first trimester are transvaginal because the fetus is so small. nt |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #51 |
76. when I had a first-semester ultrasound ot find the heartbeat it was not transvaginal. n/t |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. All members of the Lege who voted for this should have an ultrasound |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Just have the ultrasonographer turn up the volume of the |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
57. I've had a vaginal ultrasound to look for fibroids. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. me too - it's horrible & made me bleed |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #61 |
68. It made me bleed too and I had cervical bruising and pain for three days |
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forty6 (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #57 |
77. WOW a guy like me learns a lot from this and other posts. I now agree |
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lanlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
60. are there any precedents for this? |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
62. "The Senate version also allows a woman to choose not to see the images or sounds if the pregnancy |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
73. Pathetic Texas. |
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