Sticking probes up women's vaginas w/o their consent law alive and well in Alabama

[werepossum]

Lol that is exactly what I was thinking when I saw that.

I'm a bit confused on a couple areas of this issue.. What is the "stated" purpose of this process ? I know the assumed reasoning is to make abortion more difficult, but is there any medical reason to do this other than to "guilt" the person getting the procedure?

This is the key, IMO.. If its medically needed to, for instance determine the age of the featus to, for example confirm it falls within the acceptable age to abort (for example) then it should be evaluated. If its simply a guilt trip GTFO..

Secondly, I freely admit ignorance on the whole abortion process, but to do it, doesn't some amount of tooling have to be inserted to accomplish the procedure ?

If so, doesn't it makes the claims of "republican mandated rape", and comparisons to getting something shoved up your ass to get a boner pill a bit melodramatic? It seems like it would be more comparative to getting a root canal, and being ok with the drill tool, but objecting to having your mouth's sanctity violated with the pick thingy

PS I'm actually pro-choice and have no emotional or political investment in this whatsoever, just trying to understand the nuance.

Good points, and I quite agree. I'm pretty sure that the point of the legislation is the guilt thing, but I admit I could be wrong.

 

[ky54]

Oddly enough no one seems to care when the TSA people do the same thing to a 6 year old girl. That okie doke.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Oddly enough no one seems to care when the TSA people do the same thing to a 6 year old girl. That okie doke.

Those children are terrorists. :\

 

[HomerJS]

Why are you so fixated on sex and rape ? We are talking about a medical procedure here.

A vaginal ultrasound is SOP in prenatal care, at least it was for all 3 of my kids.. Its used when the fetus is too small to see with an external. IIRC, it was done to determine the actual age of the fetus to get the due date, and make sure it was in the right place ( ie not tubal)

I don't think my wife felt like she was raped, I certainly didn't feel like a cuckold watching it Well actually she had a female doc so maybe that had something to do with it. It was just one of the many "violations" along the road of having the babies.

Again, if there is a medical reason to do this in this case I don't see the issue. If its simply there to "guilt" the person into not getting an abortion, then its disgusting and should be abolished. My feeling it's more the latter considering who is pushing this, however the rhetoric and emotional flailing from the "against" team isn't helping to clear the waters.

That was the point from the beginning.