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Just weeks after a similar bill in Virginia was altered in the face of a national outcry, the Illinois House of Representatives is now considering a bill that would coerce women into undergoing an invasive and medically unnecessary procedure known as a transvaginal ultrasound as a part of “informed consent” before having an abortion.1 At their own expense.
If this legislation — offensively named the “Ultrasound Opportunity Act” — passes, any woman who refuses to take the state up on this invasive ultrasound “opportunity” has to do so in writing, on a state-provided form that would then be collected and stored by the state. And the state would require clinics and physicians to track and report the number of women who refuse to be violated by the state before having an abortion.2
Fierce opposition is what helped change this bill in Virginia, and fierce opposition is what is needed here. Write your Illinois state legislator today, and tell him or her to vote NO on HB 4085.
This anti-woman bill has already passed the Illinois House Agriculture Committee. Yes, you read that right — the Agriculture committee, because apparently the supporters of this legislation are so regressive in their thinking that they think they can treat women like cattle.
https://act.credoaction.com/campaign/il_ultrasound_fax/index.html?r=5541919
If this legislation — offensively named the “Ultrasound Opportunity Act” — passes, any woman who refuses to take the state up on this invasive ultrasound “opportunity” has to do so in writing, on a state-provided form that would then be collected and stored by the state. And the state would require clinics and physicians to track and report the number of women who refuse to be violated by the state before having an abortion.2
Fierce opposition is what helped change this bill in Virginia, and fierce opposition is what is needed here. Write your Illinois state legislator today, and tell him or her to vote NO on HB 4085.
This anti-woman bill has already passed the Illinois House Agriculture Committee. Yes, you read that right — the Agriculture committee, because apparently the supporters of this legislation are so regressive in their thinking that they think they can treat women like cattle.
https://act.credoaction.com/campaign/il_ultrasound_fax/index.html?r=5541919
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Date: 2012-03-26 02:31 pm (UTC)http://www.care2.com/causes/illinois-dems-poison-ultrasound-bill.html
Now let's club it to death! *faxes and forwards*
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Date: 2012-03-26 04:59 pm (UTC)And WTF but a transvaginal ultrasound is an invasive procedure with a lot of pain and risk. Having had one that tore my cervix and required surgery to repair it along with a month of being intensely sick from the 2 infections it gave me, I'm appalled this would be FORCED upon women at their own cost.
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Date: 2012-03-27 12:30 pm (UTC)