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Neoma

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Tue Jul 3, 2012, 11:29 AM Jul 2012

Still-Terrible Virginia Ultrasound Bill Now in Effect

Virginia's invasive new ultrasound law went into effect on Monday, meaning women in the state now have get a medically unnecessary procedure and wait 24 hours before they can get a (legal, constitutionally protected) abortion.

There was major hubbub earlier this year when Virginia lawmakers debated the bill requiring all women to get an ultrasound before having an abortion. The majority of the outrage, however, was directed at the fact that the original version of the bill would have required women in the earliest stages of pregnancy—less than 12 weeks post-conception—to have a sonogram probe shoved up their vaginas in order to achieve the desired effect of producing an image of the fetus.

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Still-Terrible Virginia Ultrasound Bill Now in Effect (Original Post) Neoma Jul 2012 OP
Virginia loves her vagina..... MindMover Jul 2012 #1
Bad joke. Neoma Jul 2012 #2
Virginia is for lovers Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #3
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