HB53 & 52 - 20 Week Abortion Ban and Forced Ultrasound bills are back

State Representative Rich Collins and State Senator Bryant Richardson, both of the horrible Republican variety, have announced two bills intended to enslave women and assert male dominance over their bodies.

HB53, the forced ultrasound bill, requires a physician to offer a patient ultrasound imaging and auscultation of fetal heart tone services before terminating a pregnancy and provides civil and criminal penalties for the failure of a physician to comply with this requirement. The patient is free to choose not to view the ultrasound or listen to the heartbeat.

Now, this bill is not as bad as the McDonnell Virginia bill back in 2009 or 2010 that required the doctor to vaginally rape or probe the pregnant woman. But it is still old white conservative men forcing themselves into the doctor’s office, forcing the doctor to shame the woman. That woman knows what she is doing. She has already made her decision with more knowledge about the consequences than any man possesses when they made a decision concerning their reproductive choices.

HB52, the 20 week abortion ban, repeals the current sections of the Delaware Code relating to termination of human pregnancy (which were just passed two years ago, codifying the Supreme Court precedent of Roe v. Wade into state law), banning all abortions (no matter if the woman’s health or life is in danger, no matter if the pregnancy is the product of rape or incest).

Read more: https://bluedelaware.com/2019/01/28/hb53-52-20-week-abortion-ban-and-forced-ultrasound-bills-are-back/