Virginia House amends abortion bill to say no woman will have to undergo involuntary internal ultrasound
By Anita Kumar
WashPost
This story has been updated.
The Virginia House of Delegates voted Wednesday afternoon to amend a proposed bill on ultrasounds before abortions to say that no woman will have to undergo a internal ultrasound involuntarily.
The revised bill says that only an external ultrasounds will be required to satisfy the requirements to determine gestational age.
And Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R), the bill’s sponsor in the Senate, said she will ask that the bill to be striken.
The action came the same day that Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) reversed course and said he was asking the General Assembly to amend the proposed bill.
(More here.)
WashPost
This story has been updated.
The Virginia House of Delegates voted Wednesday afternoon to amend a proposed bill on ultrasounds before abortions to say that no woman will have to undergo a internal ultrasound involuntarily.
The revised bill says that only an external ultrasounds will be required to satisfy the requirements to determine gestational age.
And Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R), the bill’s sponsor in the Senate, said she will ask that the bill to be striken.
The action came the same day that Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) reversed course and said he was asking the General Assembly to amend the proposed bill.
(More here.)
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