Quantum Windbag
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Crist vetoes Fla. abortion ultrasound measure - Decision 2010- msnbc.comGov. Charlie Crist vetoed a Republican-backed bill that would have required women seeking a first-trimester abortion to pay for an ultrasound exam and, with few exceptions, view the image or have it described to them by their doctor.
Whether you agree with abortion or not, it's impossible to deny that this procedure was nothing more than a cheap tactic to try and shame women out of getting an abortion.
There is absolutely no medical indication for it.
If this is what the Florida GOP is throwing up, it's easy to see why Crist left them.
Let us actually put the abortion issue aside here, and let me inform you that the only reason Charlie Crist left the Republican party is that he was going to lose the primary, and he is a petty scheming backstabber. He backed this bill when he ran for governor, and when he was running for the Senate as a Republican, and the only reason he vetoed it was the false hope that it would swing a few votes his way from Meek who is running against him and Rubio. They both intend to call him on his hypocrisy, and you want to praise him for it. The fact that you are espousing him as some type of hero for being a scoundrel shows just how uninformed you really are about what is happening in Florida.
That said, let me ask you a rather simple question, one a little closer to what you want the topic of this thread to be, what is the medical justification for abortion if the mother's life is not in danger? Doesn't it make sense to fight a procedure that is unjustified medically with another procedure that lacks medical justification? I fail to see anything about requiring women who are getting an abortion that is not medically justified to be fully informed about what they are doing, I thought that was the idea behind the concept of informed consent. It makes exceptions for women who are victims of crimes, and even exempts those who are getting abortions for a medical reason. It seems to me that you are being a bit disingenuous yourself.