Texas Approves Controversial Abortion Bill

You know Texas can't sit still for too long. It seems the state has to do something crazy to draw attention. Well, yesterday they exceeded expectations. Their lawmakers have passed a bill that makes doctors to perform a sonogram before giving the patient an abortion.

The legislation requires doctors to conduct a sonogram at least 24 hours before an abortion and to provide the woman with the opportunity to see the results and hear the fetal heartbeat. The doctor is also required to describe what the sonogram shows.


In cases of incest, rape or fetal abnormality, the woman doesn't have to hear a description of the fetus.


Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Republican, stands behind the controversial measure. While different versions of the proposal were under debate earlier this year, Perry regarded the legislation as an emergency priority.


"Ensuring Texans have access to all the information when making such an important decision is a critical step in our efforts to protect life, and I look forward to this legislation reaching my desk very soon," said Perry in a statement earlier this week, lauding the state legislature for advancing the measure. 

I hope women are outraged by this silly bill. It's just wrong and invasive.  

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Rick Santorum believes President Obama should Oppose Abortion because he's Black

Rick is known for his stupid statements and the other day he kept this notion going. On CNS, Rick attacks President Barack Obama over the issue of abortion, invoking race in the situation. See here:

"The question is, and this is what Barack Obama didn't want to answer -- is that human life a person under the constitution?" he said. "And Barack Obama says no. Well if that human life is not a person then I find it almost remarkable for a black man to say 'now we are going to decide who are people and who are not people.'"

WTF?

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