I know we want to believe the worst about Scott Walker

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1. Thanks for the correction

The sad thing is, women's reproductive freedom is under such sustained, concerted assault right now, I didn't even question the initial story. It just sounded like something Republicans would come up with.

And I still think mandatory ultrasounds are some bullshit, but this caught my eye:

Wendie Ashlock, director of Affiliated Medical Services, an abortion clinic, in 2013 wrote in The Huffington Post that her clinic has always required ultrasounds. “If you go to an abortion clinic that doesn’t insist on an ultrasound, you should walk out the door. It’s just bad medicine,” she said. “It’s the most accurate way to date the pregnancy and determine which type of procedure is most appropriate.”

Even so, that choice and treatment is between the patient and the doctor. The state has no business sticking its nose in it. The only thing the state should bother with is access and safety.