The Supreme Court refused to review a Kentucky law that compels abortion providers to insert a transvaginal probe, describe the fetus, point out its organs, and play the sound of its heartbeat. So the law stands. slate.com/news-and-polit…
You will not be surprised to learn that the judge who upheld Kentucky's anti-abortion transvaginal probe law was appointed by Donald Trump. slate.com/news-and-polit…
Judge Bush, the Trump appointee who upheld Kentucky's transvaginal probe law, refused to use the word “fetus” outside of quotations from statutes and precedents. Instead, he used the phrase “unborn life” every time. You can read his decision here. opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/1…
Before Trump put him on the federal bench, Bush was an anti-gay blogger who used the word "faggot" in a speech, said he wanted Congress to "gag" "Mama Pelosi," and claimed gender-neutral passport applications for same-sex parents were worthy of "outrage." slate.com/human-interest…
Kentucky physicians are now legally obligated to penetrate many women seeking abortions with a transvaginal ultrasound and describe the fetus in extreme detail while playing its heartbeat.
The anti-abortion movement has such deep respect for women.
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The anti-abortion movement has such deep respect for women.
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The overt paternalism of "informed consent" laws like Kentucky's is really startling. I know anti-abortion advocates claim the movement isn't sexist, but forcing women to be penetrated with a probe before terminating a pregnancy strikes me as pure misogynistic cruelty.
