Monday, July 11, 2011

Texas Doctors Forced To Persuade Mothers Against Abortions

Is it moral to have doctors politically motivate mothers to not terminate their pregnancy? Isn’t it the mother’s choice and inhumane to persuade their maternal side to feel otherwise? It seems like it is crossing into the realm of cruel and desperation. Texas Tribune article “Courtroom Battle Begins on Abortion Sonogram Law” describes a new Texas law that is presently having its first series of arguments in the courtroom due to its push on women’s rights. The law will require doctors to perform a sonogram of the fetus and describe it in detail to the pregnant women wishing to have an abortion, even making the heartbeat audible. Then these mothers must contemplate their decision for 2 to 24 hours depending on the distance of the clinic from the patient.  However, the courtroom disputes aren’t even bothering with the immorality of the political persuasion, but how it’s unconstitutionally vague and a gender specific law, because it does not enforce the law on the father.

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