Jim DeMint: I am glad to see that a lot of states like Texas and Arkansas begin to consider this. The more the ultrasound has become part of the law where a woman gets the opportunity to see that there is a real child its beginning to change minds and I think that is a good thing. …
Translation: I'm a nosy bastard who likes interfering in the lives of others, and since I can't make abortion illegal, I'm gonna support demeaning, counterproductive legislation that makes it needlessly difficult to get one.
Jim DeMint: She is forgetting about the thousands of women who want an informed choice, who want the opportunity to get a free ultrasound which they can get not from Planned Parenthood. …
Women who want an informed choice will take steps to inform themselves of their situation of their own volition. If you really did give a shit, then these ultrasounds should be optional and still free.
Just curious though, under this legislation, would these forced ultrasounds actually be free for the woman, or is this guy lying?