David Englin (D-VA) on Ultrasound Measure: "Unnecessary vaginal penetration without her consent."
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On Rachel Maddow's show. State Delegate David Englin did an excellent job of holding up this atrocity in its simplest terms. The consent aspect was what upset him the most, that this "procedure" would become law and a woman would not have to give consemt.
Sickening.
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It absolutely felt like rape, physically and psychologically.
I had to have a good cry afterwards. I was traumatized and there was not a damned thing I could do about it, since it was a valid medical procedure and I consented.
I felt physically weaked by the trauma after I got up and got dressed and was walking out the door. I had to lean on my husband's arm.
...to use this the transvaginal ultrasound to get the specific views needed for determining the surgerical procedure. It was horrible and uncomfortable and I felt so violated even though I understood it was with my consent and a medically necessary procedure. But I never had this kind of ultrasound done in any of my pregnancies and never would have allowed it. I didnt even want an internal fetus monitor when I went into labor! How DARE these politicians dictate what a medical doctor needs to do to a woman in a violating way that isnt medically necessary and only because she is trying to exercise her constitutional right to make reproductive decisions involving HER body!
These fucking politicians arent even going for the traditionally used ultrasound on the abdominal surface....no, they want a large projectile object shoved up into the vagina of women, penetrating them for as long as 20 minutes or more!
Imagine....a woman is raped and gets pregnant....maybe she is a teen...maybe it was by her own father....possibly she was a virgin and violently raped. And she is now pregnant as a result and wants an abortion. The answer & what these fucking politicians want to do? RAPE her all over again!
I swear.....i am seething venom and the seeing red about this. This will be the end for the fucking GOP and right wing conservatives who are assaulting women's health and rights. This is the Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood coming to life.....we are becoming Gilead if we dont stop this now. 
