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3. version advanced out of Senate committee would require women to undergo TWO transvaginal probes

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 10:22 PM

Feb 2013

Indiana Bill Would Force Women To Undergo Two Transvaginal Probes To Take A Pill

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UPDATE

Indiana’s bill is actually twice as invasive as most forced ultrasound bills, the Huffington Post reports. The version that advanced out of a Senate committee today would require women to undergo two transvaginal probes — before and after taking the abortion pill. There’s no medically necessary reason to require an ultrasound after an abortion procedure, since women can simply take a blood test to see whether their hormone levels have returned to normal to verify that they are no longer pregnant.

Full article here: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/02/21/1620891/indiana-transvaginal/

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Indiana Republicans Advance Transvaginal Ultrasound Bill [View all] onehandle Feb 2013 OP

Disgusting SOB's. Shame on them. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #1

How about requiring a transnasal ultrasound for each of the Indiana Republicans prior to a vote..n/t xocet Feb 2013 #2

How about trans-penile :) n/t Tx4obama Feb 2013 #4

A big catheter. BumRushDaShow Feb 2013 #10

version advanced out of Senate committee would require women to undergo TWO transvaginal probes Tx4obama Feb 2013 #3

OMG, will this ever end? LuckyLib Feb 2013 #5

+1 iandhr Feb 2013 #8

+2 DissidentVoice Feb 2013 #34

State-mandated humiliation. TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #6

Wow iandhr Feb 2013 #7

Unnecessary government regulation by people who hate government regulation, hypocrites. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2013 #9

Penetration w/o consent is RAPE socialindependocrat Feb 2013 #11

Yeah, and how about a colonoscopy Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #12

I have a proposal. Hard Assets Feb 2013 #13

Providing access to health care to those who want it is government overreach nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #14

These legislators are sick. What if the transvaginal probe causes kiranon Feb 2013 #15

They dont care if it causes harm, all they care about is that this discourages abortions. cstanleytech Feb 2013 #16

GOP-sanctioned RAPE. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #17

... and I'm not hearing any outrage - or even any reporting - from the local media on this .... Myrina Feb 2013 #18

An old saying about Indiana DissidentVoice Feb 2013 #35

Yep, that's about it. Myrina Feb 2013 #39

That thing is horrifying. These people are really sick. glinda Feb 2013 #19

I've said it before... DissidentVoice Feb 2013 #20

what IS it about Indiana? Skittles Feb 2013 #21

Cultural wasteland, rural, low education, little to do. onehandle Feb 2013 #23

There is no cure for stupid. n/t indypaul Feb 2013 #25

And a lot of apathy n/t DissidentVoice Feb 2013 #33

Largely rural state. n/t AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #38

I'll tell you how it affects a woman. AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #28

Good cripesallbloodymighty! DissidentVoice Feb 2013 #30

Yes, it should be, especially as a precondition to an abortion. AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #37

There's a difference in "medically necessary" and "fitting a political agenda" DissidentVoice Feb 2013 #41

Look at the 2012 electoral map... Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2013 #29

Indiana is really part of the Deep South culturally DissidentVoice Feb 2013 #31

I had no idea there xxqqqzme Feb 2013 #22

Former Governor Otis Bowen DissidentVoice Feb 2013 #40

These punitive attacks on women's rights blackspade Feb 2013 #24

Will they require that each transvaginal ultrasound be witnessed Ken Burch Feb 2013 #26

Charge Holdman with Accessory to Rape NightOwwl Feb 2013 #27

These "legislators" should have one shoved up their collective arse n/t DissidentVoice Feb 2013 #32

Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana .... vanboggie Feb 2013 #36