Abortion

Texas Legislature Passes Bill Mandating Pre-Abortion Sonograms

Jon Terbush | May 6, 2011, 3:47PM

The Texas legislature passed a bill on Thursday requiring doctors to conduct a sonogram before performing an abortion, and to describe to the woman seeking an abortion what the sonogram shows before moving ahead with the procedure.

The bill, which passed the Texas House on Thursday by a 94-41 vote, forces doctors to perform a sonogram at least 24 hours before performing an abortion, and to show the resulting images to a woman if she requests to view them. And even if the woman declines to view the sonogram, the bill mandates that she must still listen to the doctor describe the images before going ahead with the abortion.

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Topics: Abortion, Rick Perry, Rick Scott, Sonogram, Texas, Ultrasound