Blog 2 : Where my ladies at?

Abortion. That word has been infamous in media outlets and political debates. Our country has been so backward on the issue that we can't even figure out whether a woman has the right to do what she wants with her own body. Why is that? Religion? Morality? Whatever it may be. A woman deserves the chance to make her own decision in private. Seriously. It's a hard decision. For anybody. Whether you come from a background that doesn't have a steady economic standing or you happen to be too young to bring another life into the earth, you deserve the chance to make that decision. Europe's got under wraps. If I'm not mistaken I think only one country in Europe has abortion outlawed. I wonder why? Under population? Because I sure as hell know it's not Over population. Our world recently hit the 7 billion count at the end of last year. I don't think wee need to be "Prospering, Reproducing, and Filling the Earth" like a once infamous book, in my opinion which has been taken waaaaay too seriously, once said. Anyways. This is way off topic from the point I'm really trying to get to. A couple weeks ago Texas finally passed the law to force women to sonogram before the have an abortion. As if the decision wasn't hard enough to make.  Oh wait I'm a guy. I wouldn't know. But what do you think? The law reads:
"The law also requires that you receive a sonogram from the doctor (or agent) who will be performing your abortion at least 24 hours before the abortion is to occur. During your sonogram, the doctor is required to display the sonogram images and make the heart beat audible. You may decline to view the images and listen to the heartbeat. The doctor must also provide a verbal explanation of the sonogram results. That cannot be declined"
Is this not a slap in the face to women? And do they seriously think this is going to make a difference in the decision making?  This has been one of the toughest anti-abortion sonogram laws in the nation. And guess what? We're leading it! Oh great. First it's Creationism. Then it's suppressing women.  What's next?

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/texas
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/wrtk/default.shtm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6235557.stm