Senate Committee Passes Mandatory Ultrasound Bill; How will Dorsey Ridley vote?

January 27, 2012
By David M. F. Schankula

The Fetal Seance Bill is back as a Senate Committe passed two bills — SB102 mandating “face-to-face counseling” for women 24 hours before an abortion because women are so freaking stupid they aren’t qualified to make their own decisions, and SB103 which would force doctors (at risk of $250,000 fine) to show women considering an abortion an ultrasound of their fetus… and if those stupid women try to look away, the doctor has to keep shoving it in front of their faces.

The first one passed 8-3 and the second passed 7-3.

Voting against? Sens. Tim Shaughnessy and Perry Clark of Louisville… and Kathy Stein of Northeastern Kentucky.

Sen. Kathy Stein, a Lexington Democrat who has consistently opposed such measures, said the bills are a means to substitute the judgment of lawmakers for women who may be poor or subject to domestic violence and facing the difficult decision to seek an abortion.

“We need to trust adult women to make decisions for themselves,” Stein said.

Lexington’s new Senator, Dorsey Ridley, has previously voted in favor of similar woman-hating bills — SB179, SB40, SB79.

So long as Ridley occupies Kathy Stein’s seat, he’d better vote exactly as Kathy would vote. This may be our first glimpse of our new Senator’s intentions. He told Lexingtonians at the rally for Kathy Stein last Saturday that he’d represent us… and representing Lexington means standing up for the equal rights and dignity of women.

What’ll it be, Dorsey?

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4 Responses to Senate Committee Passes Mandatory Ultrasound Bill; How will Dorsey Ridley vote?

  1. Terri on January 27, 2012 at 11:40 am

    And once again, the silence from the Paulbots is deafening…

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  2. Wyatt_Earl on January 27, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    Let’s review.

    Sticking an electonic probe and a bunch of saline up a womsn’s vagina without her permission is not an invasion of personal liberty, but light bulb standards are?

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    • Josie on February 8, 2012 at 12:25 pm

      I don’t see how this is without her permission; she must agree to an ultrasound in order to get an abortion. She can say no, I do not wish to get an ultrasound and therefore not get an abortion. There are multiple other cases where we are required to be knowledgeable about our choices before we can make them. For instance, I can not donate eggs or be a surrogate mother without being educated on the process and possible effects it may have on me. Does this exercise imply that I am stupid, simply because I am required to be informed before making a decision? Perhaps, since requiring a person to be informed before making a decision is implying that there are stupid, we should take away all of those pesky informed consent laws!!

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  3. Eric on January 29, 2012 at 7:23 am

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