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Originally Posted by Rockin' Flames

And this is exactly what the law that was passed in Texas does. No ones forced to see the ultrasound but it must at least be offered instead of what's currently happening where doctors are refusing to show the ultrasounds when the woman requests to see it.

Ok sorry that was my misunderstanding of your original comment:

Don't distort the facts. As someone who lives in Texas I'm happy that Texas has passed this law which requires that the doctor must show the woman the ultrasound. If she still chooses to go through with it fine, but at least she is making a properly informed decision.

Part of this law is used to address a problem that I've heard about since living in Texas, which is that some women would request to see the ultrasound prior to the abortion and the Doctors denied the patients request.

A doctor should upon request do what his patient asks, couldn't agree more then with the law.

If the law was stating that a woman was forced to look at an ultrasound, forced to listen to the heartbeat or something similar, then thats where I and many others protest.

However this is not the case in Texas:

Women seeking an abortion would have to first get an ultrasound under a measure approved on Thursday by the Texas House of Representatives. The proposal, the first significant bill considered by the House this year, was designated by Republican Governor Rick Perry as an emergency priority. A similar measure has already been approved by the state Senate.
Women would have to get an ultrasound between 24 and 72 hours before an abortion, the bill says. They would view the sonogram, hear an explanation of the image and listen to the heartbeat, if it is audible.
"We want to make sure that they're fully informed, that they understand the medical consequences, the psychological consequences and everything involved in the procedure," said the bill's author, Republican state Rep. Sid Miller.
Opponents said that the requirement would traumatize women already in a difficult situation. During debate on the House floor, bill opponent Rep. Carol Alvarado held up a trans-vaginal probe used for sonograms early in pregnancy to illustrate what she called a "very intrusive process."
"This is not the jelly on the belly that most of you think," said Alvarado, a Houston Democrat. "This is government intrusion at its best."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7230VK20110304