This medical prodcedure has specific uses, according to NIH.
Transvaginal ultrasound may be done for the following problems:
- Abnormal findings on a physical exam, such as cysts, fibroid tumors, or other growths
- Abnormal vaginal bleeding and menstrual problems
- Certain types of infertility
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Pelvic pain
- Evaluate cases of threatened miscarriage
- Listen to the unborn baby's heartbeat
- Look at the placenta
- Look for the cause of bleeding
- Monitor the growth of the embryo or fetus early in the prgnancy
- See if the cervix is changing or opening up when labor is starting early
The State of Texas has added one more use.
Transvaginal ultrasound is also used during pregnancy to:
- Force the mother to undergo an invasive procedure designed to discourage the abortion
So Texas has gotten it's long sought after bill to try to convince women to change their mind about an abortion. Sen. Patrick believes that if 20% of women change their minds that will "save"10,000 to 15,000 lives a year. Which goes well with this next tidbit.
US House Republicans' budget plans are calling for a reduction in funding to the WIC nutrition program. If this item remains in the budget that eventually passes, The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that WIC would have to turn way 325,000 to 475,000 eligible low-income women and young children next year. So those, 10 to 15K souls the Texas Sonogram bill is supposed to save? Well, they're on their own. Surprise.
But real beauty of the week came from Kansas State Legislator Rep. Pete DeGraaf. Kansas approved a ban last week on insurance companies offering abortion coverage as part of their general plans except when a woman's life is at risk. If an individual or employer wants to get medical coverage for an abortion in Kansas they will have to purchase a supplemental policy rider that covers only abortion.
When Rep. Barbara Bollier, a Republican who supports abortion rights, asked if it was reasonable to think women would buy such policies ahead of time, say before they're raped, the lovely Rep. DeGraaf replied this way:
"We do need to plan ahead, don't we, in life?" He continued, to groans from his fellow House members, "I have spare tire on my car. I also have life insurance. I have a lot of things that I plan ahead for."Yes, you heard that right. He just compared an abortion rider to AAA. After all, every woman should expect to be raped in her lifetime. Avoiding unwanted pregnancies is entirely the responsibility of the woman, regardless of how that pregnancy occurs. If you want to be prepared and you're one of those heathen Pro-Choice types, then you buy yourself a rider. Otherwise, you just have to make lemonade out lemons, as Sharron Angle would day.
These people, and I use that terms loosely, hate women. They want us back in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant. They want to return to the time when a man owned a woman's body. When rape was considered a property crime and compensation, if there was any, went to the male who "owned" the woman be he husband or father.
In truth, the current crop of Tea-Party-leaning Republican whack-a-doodles wants to return us to time before labor unions, before women's rights, before the Voting Rights Act, before anything as silly as the Clean Water Act or anything that regulates business in any way. They want to return us the era of robber barons. They care only about the pocketbooks of their wealthy cronies and supporters. If you can't afford to maintain your health insurance, pay for an abortion or feed your child, they don't care. It's your own fault for not working hard enough to get enough money to buy these things.
H/T to Juanita Jean, Crooks and Liars, Dallas News, The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, McPherson Sentinel
1 comment:
"After all, every woman should expect to be raped in her lifetime."
The way these patriarchal bastards think, yes is the correct answer.
Robber barons? No! I say robber barons would be better, and so did CS Lewis. At least robber barons are only after money. Moral, omnipotent busy bodies torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own consiences. These asshats want a government so small it fits in your uterus. Ask any "Libertarian" what they think about abortion. They'll say government shouldn't regulate businesses but by god they better regulate whether you have children or not.
What this boils down to, is the same thing that happened before Roe v. Wade. If you have money, you'll bypass this law and go to Europe and have an abortion. Meanwhile poor people will be forced into having children they can't afford to feed, and this works out doubly good for the Corporatocracy. Now you have poor people with too many children who will never be able to make anything of themselves, who will work for nothing, and whose children will follow in their footsteps as slave-wage laborers! Now THAT is a business model.
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