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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Wed Jan 28, 2015, 03:43 PM Jan 2015

Ultrasounds are back - nationally [View all]

Now Republicans have gone too far. Last Thursday, House Republicans
introduced legislation to require forced vaginal ultrasounds before
receiving an abortion--or what many consider to be state-sponsored rape.

Tell Congress: Don't vote on the forced ultrasound bill, or women and men will remember it next November.

What's more, House Republicans are already scrambling to repair the damage from last week, when they had to cancel a vote on an extreme 20-week abortion ban over concerns the rape exception would offend women voters. So they are nervously watching to see how pro-women voters react to this kind of proposal. We need to remind them that we will not stand for this kind of disgusting, intrusive attack on women's health.

Sign the petition to tell Congress: Don't vote on the forced ultrasound bill.

http://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/congress_ultrasound/?t=2&akid=1617.305802.LRVjEs

Background:

1. House Republicans Propose Bill Mandating Ultrasounds Before Abortions, The Huffington Post, January 23, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/kxmnh5f

2. H.R. 492, 114th Congress, Congress.gov, accessed January 27, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/o2ff4hp

3. Ken Cuccinelli loses in Virginia: Women say no thanks, we're cool, Slate, November 5, 2013

http://tinyurl.com/kj4fmrr

4. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett under fire for defending bill that requires ultrasound before an abortion, PennLive, March 15, 2012

http://tinyurl.com/oxr2med

5. Team Rape lost big last night, Jezebel.com, November 7, 2012

http://tinyurl.com/oz7rscz

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