Bill 1 would effectively outlaw all Virginia abortions by declaring that the rights of persons apply from the moment sperm and egg unite. It passed Tuesday on a vote of 66-32.
On a 63-36 vote, the House passed a bill that requires women to have a transvaginal ultrasound before undergoing abortions.
Well this is bad news indeed.
The picture above is a transvaginal ultrasound, in case you were wondering.
I want you to think for a moment about a woman who was forced against her will to have sex with someone and got pregnant. I want you to think about a girl who has never had sex before, and after her first, painful experience, she got pregnant. I want you to think about a person who found out they are pregnant and knows that raising a baby right now would be detrimental to a new human being’s development.
This isn’t a story in passing you can selectively ignore because it doesn’t apply to you. This is happening now, and was voted on and approved.
This means that when a woman is sexually assaulted and sitting in the hospital bed getting her Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence kit, she will have to wait to take Plan B (or similar type of pill) until she gets a transvaginal ultrasound.
I live in this state. I’m sickened by this state. That women are treated like baby ovens and not autonomous people is disgusting and reflects poorly on our pretend democratic nature.
(Source: prochoicegeneration, via nothingman)
