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Virginia transvaginal ultrasound bill delayed after a thousand protest outside capitol

By Vanessa | Published: February 21, 2012
Tweet After a thousand people stood arm in arm outside of the Virginia state capitol in protest yesterday, the legislature decided to delay a vote on the highly controversial state-sanctioned rape bill that would require doctors to perform a medically unnecessary transvaginal ultrasound on individuals seeking an abortion. This comes after a poll was just [...]
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Judge blocks North Carolina’s forced ultrasound law

By Maya | Published: October 26, 2011
TweetIt’s nice to see some good pro-choice news out of North Carolina after Monday’s scary report on crisis pregnancy centers. Yesterday, a federal judge blocked the mandatory ultrasound provision in a new anti-choice state law that was set to go into effect today. (Unfortunately, the judge upheld the part requiring a 24-hour waiting period before [...]
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