You Choose, Life or Death...

So here I am sitting at Starbucks, on a magical Monday night, sipping on my steaming hot white chocolate mocha when I came across this editorial from the Austin American Statesman. The editorial was about “forcing” future abortionists to view the ultrasound while listening to the heart beat of the unborn child. In a way I kind of disagree with this article and with the writer. I think that it is necessary to show the future abortionists exactly what they are about to do. The writer states in this message, “It is an incredibly invasive requirement forced on women, many already traumatized by an unexpected pregnancy and the decision to have an abortion.” This contradicts what the writer is saying here, “The doctor also must display the ultrasound images and present the printed material, though the bill says the woman doesn't have to look at it.”A pregnant woman may avert her eyes from the ultrasound images required to be provided and reviewed with the pregnant woman." In the article it is stated that this is a humiliating act. “Now comes an intrusive bill mandating that pregnant women seeking an abortion be force-fed information designed to humiliate them.” I don’t believe that they are being humiliated by being presented all this information since they are not technically being forced to look at it. Sure, you can say, “The bill is popular with the anti-abortion activists because the required reading and images puts them right there in the clinic, shaking their collective fingers at the woman. It is an incredibly invasive requirement forced on women, many already traumatized by an unexpected pregnancy and the decision to have an abortion.” Everyone has a different perspective on things, so I don’t believe that they are necessarily pointing the finger at them, but just trying to go that extra mile with this procedure.

P.S. Even though I think that the bill should pass, I do not agree that Texas should still be able to “misinform women that there is the possibility of an increased risk of breast cancer from an induced abortion. Extensive medical research has found no correlation.”