Thursday, September 15, 2011


The Abortion Sonogram law was passed at the beginning of June to make pregnant mothers who want an abortion undergo a series of steps to have this completed. These steps include a sonogram to hear a beating heart and listening to a description of the fetus by a doctor and then having to wait 24hrs before getting the procedure done. In the Texas Tribune, this article “CourtroomBattle Begins on Abortion Sonogram Law” demonstrates how vague this law was written and how it has no definite description of how this law is supposed to enforced. The law was accepted and passed by our governor Rick Perry. No more than a month later did Center for Reproductive Rights file an injunction. The law violates the Equal Protection Clause and the First Amendment causing doctors to act as puppets and tell patients something politically driven. I do have on question for this law. What is the definition of an abortion pertaining to this law? Is it a wanted abortion or one that cannot be avoided? 

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