Comments on: Idaho Senate Votes On Ultrasound Law

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:07:56 +0000

Another dramatic example of the Mormon church’s influence on Idaho. Does any other state besides Utah have a religious organization that exudes such complete control over their legislative process? Unfortunately, unlike when this garbage happened in 1990, this time we don’t have Cecil Andrus to veto it and Butch Otter has no problem signing on for stupidity. (Check out his DUI conviction and his defense…He had been chewing whiskey soaked tobacco) So, in a state that ranks in the bottom ten for education spending, we focus our legislative session on Chuck Winder’s desire to have his name in the paper. His statement that married women who are raped should consider keeping the baby “in case it’s from the marriage” is ludicrous. Additionally, how many ultrasound techs are going to want to take this job. What kind of psychological tests will they be required to pass? Oh wait! It’s Idaho and we spend nothing on education. Do you have any idea how many questions these folks will be asked and that they are NOT allowed to answer? It’s not doctors who do ultrasounds, it’s technicians. Techs that will no doubt be ordered to say nothing and show no bias…depending on whether they work for the pro-life clinic or the pro-choice clinic. Abortion is a very sad thing, no doubt, but education is the answer, not forced medical procedures.

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:51:47 +0000

Idaho has become an embarrassment in a nation gone delusional with legislators who have taken on the mantle of their god by giving up thinking. Smart people would never consider a bill like this. Leave it to Idaho. Don’t these men have wives, mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, grandmothers? Do they have no idea where this is headed? How shortsighted of them. I can only hope that for every one of these men there are seven women who will find the courage to step up and vote these men out before they take away women’s right to vote and go to school.

By: Alyson

Alyson — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:59:50 +0000

This mandate infuriates me. As a woman living in Idaho, I am disappointed and unfortunately not surprised that this was passed in the senate. It is completely unnecessary and intrusive. And I agree, it assumes that a woman who has decided to have an abortion, is frantic, emotional, and incapable of making the decision to have an abortion. I find it ironic that the legislators want to protect the unborn life, but as soon as that baby is born, especially to someone who may not have insurance or a living wage, then they put all these stipulations for receiving welfare, and basically shame them for needing welfare. I don’t understand their thinking, and I never will. My pregnancy and my body are mine and I deserve the right to do what I choose regarding that.