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The Associated Press
Published: Wed, April 30, 2008 - 11:33 am
Last Updated: Wed, April 30, 2008 - 11:36 am
Last Updated: Wed, April 30, 2008 - 11:36 am
women seeking an abortion to first have an ultrasound and be given
the opportunity to view the image failed narrowly in the state
Senate on Wednesday.
The vote was 20-20. Without a majority, the measure died.
State law already requires an ultrasound before a woman can have
an abortion in the second or third trimester. The bill would have
extended that to the first trimester. It also would have added the
requirement that the doctor give the woman the opportunity to look
at the sonogram, although she could have declined.
The vote followed a tense and emotional debate over whether the
idea simply gave women more information to better enable them to
make an informed decision or was just an impediment to abortions.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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So sad...imagine how many little lives could have been saved.