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Va. House GOP Muscles Through Abortion Curbs
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Feb 16, 2012 12:16pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | BOB LEWIS |
| News Date | Wednesday, February 15, 2012 06:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A Republican supermajority has muscled two of the most restrictive anti-abortion bills in years through the Virginia House, including one that would all but outlaw the procedure in the state by declaring that the rights of persons apply from the moment sperm and egg unite.
The bills passed over bitter yet futile objections from Democrats. And one GOP delegate caused the House to ripple when he said most abortions come as "matters of lifestyle convenience."
Del. Bob Marshall's House Bill 1 on personhood at conception passed on a 66-32 vote. And on a 63-36 vote, the House passed a bill that requires women to have a "transvaginal ultrasound" before undergoing abortions.
The ultrasound legislation would constitute an unprecedented government mandate to insert vaginal ultrasonic probes into women as part of a state-ordered effort to dissuade them from terminating pregnancies, legislative opponents noted. |
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