Post by Logan on Feb 12, 2016 5:45:53 GMT -6
Ky. bill to require pre-abortion ultrasound goes to full Senate
Frankfort -- A Senate panel approved a bill Thursday to require that Kentucky women who are seeking an abortion undergo an ultrasound, with a doctor describing the image to them.
Senate Bill 152 proceeds to the full Senate, which has passed ultrasound bills in previous years, only to see them blocked in the House Health and Welfare Committee. But this year, the House’s Democratic majority is politically defensive about its shrinking size, and it has allowed another abortion bill to become law, one that requires live consultations between doctors and patients at least 24 hours before an abortion.
The Senate Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection voted 11 to 1 for the ultrasound bill. Women might not understand what they’re doing when they get an abortion if they first don’t have a chance to see the image inside their uterus, Democratic and Republican senators said.
“This decision is an irreversible decision,” said Sen. Julian Carroll, D-Frankfort. “There’s no way to ever correct it if you later decide, ‘I wish I hadn’t done that.’ It’s too late.”
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article59770041.html
Frankfort -- A Senate panel approved a bill Thursday to require that Kentucky women who are seeking an abortion undergo an ultrasound, with a doctor describing the image to them.
Senate Bill 152 proceeds to the full Senate, which has passed ultrasound bills in previous years, only to see them blocked in the House Health and Welfare Committee. But this year, the House’s Democratic majority is politically defensive about its shrinking size, and it has allowed another abortion bill to become law, one that requires live consultations between doctors and patients at least 24 hours before an abortion.
The Senate Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection voted 11 to 1 for the ultrasound bill. Women might not understand what they’re doing when they get an abortion if they first don’t have a chance to see the image inside their uterus, Democratic and Republican senators said.
“This decision is an irreversible decision,” said Sen. Julian Carroll, D-Frankfort. “There’s no way to ever correct it if you later decide, ‘I wish I hadn’t done that.’ It’s too late.”
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article59770041.html