Tesseracts wrote:I don't know a lot about how abortions work, but people who get abortions are consenting to have something put in their vagina anyway, right? I don't know if it still counts as something done without consent if the patient consents to an abortion. Either way the law is wrong.
Having been in those stirrups myself, I can confidently concede that you have a valid point about the whole consent to vaginal... shenanigans. In order to perform a traditional D&C, something's going
all up in there, to an extent that makes the ultrasound wand seem downright
fun by comparison. I was, however, not subjected to this process... thankfully.
My objection to compulsory transvaginal ultrasounds is that, except in very rare and complicated abortions, they are IN NO WAY medically necessary to get the job done safely. A standard abdominal sonogram will tell the staff everything they need to know. The point of doing it transvaginally is to provide a
much clearer image and sound of the fetus. The only motivation I can imagine for such a requirement would to either emotionally manipulate a woman to change her mind or failing that, to add weight to the emotional and moral trauma of having to make such a decision.
I don't feel as though this
quite constitutes an act of rape, but it is nonetheless a disgusting shit shot aimed directly at someone who - believe me - is more than likely feeling
quite wretched enough without anyone else's patronizing help. You put it best when you said, "the law is wrong."
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