Republican forced ultrasounds

Republicans force transvagina* probes prior to abortion. Wisconsin Republicans inject big government between doctor and patient.

Wisconsin Republicans passed a bill requiring a medically unnecessary ultrasound to obtain an abortion. Typically, such an ultrasound will require an inserted transvagina* probe. Again, this government-forced procedure pushed by Republicans is required even over the protest of the doctor and patient.

Similar Republican efforts to restrict abortion and inject government between doctor and patient women are underway in Texas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Alabama, North Dakota, Indiana, Arkansas and other states where Republican governors and legislators are in control.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/14/wisconsin-assembly-approves-abortion-ultrasound-bill/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/14/us-usa-wisconsin-abortion-idUSBRE95D03I20130614

Example of activity in other Republican-controlled states.

North Dakota's governor, Republican Jack Dalrymple, signed a law in March that outlaws abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy or when a fetal heartbeat is detected, making North Dakota the most restrictive state in the nation to get an abortion. Dalrymple also signed laws that same month that made North Dakota the first state to ban abortions based on genetic defects and genetic selection and to impose hospital-admitting requirements on providers.

Also in March, Arkansas Republicans passed a law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights have won a preliminary injunction blocking the law in federal court, however, arguing it's unconstitutional and contradicts the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. That ruling legalized abortion until a fetus could survive outside the womb.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican, signed a bill in April that blocked tax breaks for abortion providers, banned sex-selective abortions and declared life begins at fertilization. And the U.S. House of Representatives is currently considering legislation that would ban almost all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

A federal court in May overturned a 20-week abortion ban in Arizona, saying the law violated a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is viable. Viability is generally considered to start at 24 weeks. Some nine other states have enacted similar bans and have faced court challenges.