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*[[Debate: Mandatory ultrasounds before abortions]]''' - June 30th, 2011. | *[[Debate: Mandatory ultrasounds before abortions]]''' - June 30th, 2011. | ||
- | :[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWdML-keFX8 "Libya, War Powers Start White House, Congress on Collision Course." PBS Newshour. June 15th, 2011] | + | :[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyldVhqYLNI Rachel Maddow on 2010 Oklahoma law mandating ultrasounds before abortions] |
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*'''CON: [[Argument: Mandating ultrasounds insults women's intelligence| Mandating ultrasounds insults women's intelligence]]''' [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/05/28/870757/-Laws-that-mandate-ultrasounds-prior-to-abortions-dont-work Ferretlas. "Laws that mandate ultrasounds prior to abortions don't work." Daily Kos. May 28th, 2010]: "I have always consitered ultrasound mandates to be insulting to a woman's intelligence and ability to make informed decisions without governmental interference. To me, they don't give a woman more information that would influence a mind already made up." | *'''CON: [[Argument: Mandating ultrasounds insults women's intelligence| Mandating ultrasounds insults women's intelligence]]''' [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/05/28/870757/-Laws-that-mandate-ultrasounds-prior-to-abortions-dont-work Ferretlas. "Laws that mandate ultrasounds prior to abortions don't work." Daily Kos. May 28th, 2010]: "I have always consitered ultrasound mandates to be insulting to a woman's intelligence and ability to make informed decisions without governmental interference. To me, they don't give a woman more information that would influence a mind already made up." | ||
- | :A woman named Laura who sought an abortion in Arizona in 2010 under its new laws, said to the New York Times: “You don’t just walk into one of these places like you’re getting your nails done. I think we’re armed with enough information to make adult decisions without being emotionally tortured.”[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/health/policy/28ultrasound.html] | ||
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