Florida House Approves Abortion-Ultrasound and Waiting Period Proposal
Florida House Approves Abortion-Ultrasound and Waiting Period Proposal
Under a bill the Florida state House approved on Friday morning, anyone wanting an abortion would be required to have an ultrasound and given an option of seeing it beforehand. Pro-life lawmakers hope the requirement will further reduce the number of abortions in the state. ... The ultrasound requirement would not apply to women who are victims of sexual abuse because Republican Rep. Denise Grimsley added an exception to the bill to exempt them.Backers of the ultrasound provision and waiting period say it would help women make better decisions than having an abortion. They also said it wouldn't be unconstitutional by infringing on so-called abortion rights.
''If you read this bill, it doesn't do anything to take away a woman's right to choose,'' Rep. Kevin Ambler said. "What it does is put a thoughtful, deliberative process in place.''
As I mentioned the other day, pro-choicers frequently say they'd like to make abortion "safe, legal and rare." Well, here's another chance for them to do so, and without impacting a woman's "rights." In fact, this even enhances a woman's ability to make a choice since it's helping her get all the information about the choice she's about to make. She'll be given the option to see the child she's about to abort, but still be allowed to make up her own mind. What could be more pro-choice than that?
So naturally, those who propound "choice" oppose this bill.
Wendy Grassi, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of Southwest & Central Florida said she opposed the ultrasounds requirement and said the legislature shouldn't tell abortion practitioners what to do.
Once again, we see "choice" is just a smokescreen for no restrictions on abortion.