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kdmorris

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24. So, let me guess...

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 09:51 PM

Feb 2012

they now expect us to be GRATEFUL that they took that one tiny little step. Now they just require you to have an unnecessary medical procedure.

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Va. House scraps invasive pre-abortion requirement [View all] underpants Feb 2012 OP

Thank goodness! MaineDem Feb 2012 #1

One very small, but significant, step xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #2

okay, so the transvaginal ultrasound is out, but an ultrasound is STILL required??? we are supposed niyad Feb 2012 #3

Yes, it's ludicrous because it's completely unnecessary and obviously useless. LisaL Feb 2012 #5

+1000. intheflow Feb 2012 #46

If they are requiring an external ultrasound it's still stupid because LisaL Feb 2012 #4

If anything highlighted Republican hypocrisy, it was this legislation. KansDem Feb 2012 #6

Not enough--ANY State-forced medical procedure is an invasion lastlib Feb 2012 #7

In fact, the procedure meets many definitions of rape Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #32

still forcing a procedure barbtries Feb 2012 #8

So, ... now we're supposed to view VA GOPers as moderates? Bozita Feb 2012 #9

And all the women should send the medical bill for the test to the GOPers in House of Delegates n/t Tx4obama Feb 2012 #10

If the external ultrasound is also medically unnecessary, insurance will still not pay? Marthe48 Feb 2012 #11

As Bon Jovi might say rocktivity Feb 2012 #12

"Wand like?" Bullshit Warpy Feb 2012 #13

Exactly right. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2012 #15

Virgina named after Elisibeth 1, the virgin queen. Maybe this crosses the old boys up somehow. Magoo48 Feb 2012 #35

the same woman who said SemperEadem Feb 2012 #36

"I will open no windows into men's consciences." n/t sarge43 Feb 2012 #43

Exactly right, freakin' cowards. juajen Feb 2012 #39

Glad to hear it, but the pressure needs to be kept on 47of74 Feb 2012 #14

THANK YOU to the protesters who stood in front of the Capital building! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #16

People should fight against the external ultrasound just as hard as they fought the internal one... markpkessinger Feb 2012 #17

We've simply moved from state-mandated rape rocktivity Feb 2012 #18

Agreed. No matter how you slice it, this is still a GOP anti-abortion, anti-woman victory! Bozita Feb 2012 #19

Agree. Same thing. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2012 #37

Not good enough. Dawson Leery Feb 2012 #20

Tell that to crazy Texas Reeps and their conservative appellate judges. ananda Feb 2012 #41

Senate plans to scrap the bill entirely jeff47 Feb 2012 #21

Wow! A woman of principle. caseymoz Feb 2012 #30

What kind of conviction is that? AlbertCat Feb 2012 #40

Um, you missed my sarcasm. caseymoz Feb 2012 #44

You think they're getting the hint that women have teeth, too? mainer Feb 2012 #22

The Komen protest, Wisconsin union rights, the Internet blackout and now this. randome Feb 2012 #25

Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team) sdghjtyjty Feb 2012 #23

So, let me guess... kdmorris Feb 2012 #24

I have to say I'm satisfied. sofa king Feb 2012 #26

Dear pro choice Virginians, please start organizing to throw some Repubgelicals out of office! alp227 Feb 2012 #27

And in other business the VA legislature quietly voted its self a raise.. INdemo Feb 2012 #28

Rachel M. said the WOMAN who sponsored the original bill is holding up this new. VPStoltz Feb 2012 #29

Right victory for the wrong reason DFW Feb 2012 #31

Why should they have to have, and pay for, ANY ultrasound? MADem Feb 2012 #33

Maybe that was their original goal. Incitatus Feb 2012 #34

If so, what their original goal was and how they think they get it is Idiocracy at its most obvious lunatica Feb 2012 #38

Turning this election into Roe v. Wade all over again--and that is what they've done-- MADem Feb 2012 #42

Thank you all of America for disgracing these Virginia bigots just1voice Feb 2012 #45

We've won a big battle, but not the war. rocktivity Feb 2012 #47