Virginia Republicans Need Viagra

They went limp, ladies!

"Va. backs off pre-abortion bill" Associated Press, February 23, 2012

RICHMOND - Amid a public uproar that prompted Virginia’s governor to withdraw his support, Republican legislators yesterday dropped a bitterly contested proposal to require that women seeking abortions undergo invasive ultrasound imaging, probably dooming the bill.

The Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted 65-32 for an amended bill that requires only an external ultrasound, not the vaginal insertion of a wandlike device that emits ultrasonic waves that are used to create images of the fetus.

The House amended the bill shortly after Governor Bob McDonnell issued a statement opposing the more invasive procedure. McDonnell, a Republican who has been mentioned as a possible vice-presidential candidate, shifted ground after the proposal drew outrage from women and appeals from GOP moderates concerned about the political impact in the presidential battleground state.

“Mandating an invasive procedure in order to give informed consent is not a proper role for the state,’’ said McDonnell, a socially conservative Catholic who had voiced support for the legislation last week. “No person should be directed to undergo an invasive procedure by the state, without their consent, as a precondition to another medical procedure.’’

The invasive ultrasound measure is among three antiabortion measures coursing their way through a General Assembly where socially conservative Republicans gained control after last fall’s elections. One bill would give embryos the same legal protections as persons and criminalize their destruction, outlawing almost all abortions and, critics say, some forms of contraception. Another would end state Medicaid funding for abortions sought by indigent women whose fetuses are grossly deformed.

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Related: Virginia's Vaginas

"RAGE IN VA. OVER CONTRACEPTION BILL -- Police escorted Margaret Doyle, an abortion-rights advocate, from the General Assembly Building in Richmond, Va., after a bill stating that human life begins at conception passed the Senate Education and Health Committee yesterday. Eight Republicans voted for the measure, and the panel's seven Democrats opposed it. The vote sent the bill to the full Senate, where legislators voted to suspend consideration of the measure (Boston Globe February 24 2012)."  

Also see: Judge says ordering of abortion was justified 

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What I want to know is what are they doing in Massachusetts.

A different kind of abortion:

"2 shot, 1 dead at Va. Walmart distribution center" Associated Press, February 23, 2012

DINWIDDIE, Va. - An employee of a Walmart Stores Inc. distribution center in Virginia shot and wounded his manager yesterday, then killed himself as deputies approached him, authorities said....

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Next Day Update:

Va. governor explains abortion retreat

Ultrasounds of extremism