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...the South Carolina state House approved a bill Wednesday that would allow women considering an abortion to see an ultrasound of their unborn child.

In which states are pregnant women not allowed to see an ultrasound of their child? Somehow I think this sentence misses the point of the alleged legislation.

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"You love them in the womb but once they get here, it's a different story," said the Orangeburg Democrat, a social worker. "You're sitting here passing judgment? Who gave you the right?"
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An the implication of this angry question is what, exactly?

That because a parent must be responsible for their children, and that a few refuse to, we are thus justified in permitting or even helping the parents to kill them?

Who gave you the right? People like you don't hesitate to take the full measure of power that the State, the Courts and the Executive will let you get away with taking to yourself to pass all manner of restrictions and taxes, but in this case you are worried the State might actually protect life and that power scares you?

Lady, your angry questions evidence a very deep moral dysfunction, for in the end, even when the woman has seen the ultrasound pictures, she can still exercise her right to kill the contents of her womb. So, if abortions should be, to quote Bill Clinton, "safe and rare", why all the fuss about helping a woman know the full truth of her situation?

By a lopsided bipartisan margin, the South Carolina state House approved a bill Wednesday that would allow women considering an abortion to see an ultrasound of their unborn child.

The bill, H3355, goes further than similar laws in other states that merely provide women the option to see one by making it a requirement before an abortion can be done.

This is confusing. Is it that the women are "allowed" to see an ultrasound, as the first sentence says, or is that there is a "requirement" that a woman see an ultrasound, as the second sentence seems to say?