Posted on 03/09/2012 3:11:17 PM PST by Kaslin
Several newspapers are refusing to run a "Doonesbury"comic strip series that crudely satirizes a Texas law requiring women to have an ultrasound before an abortion.
The company that provides the strip already plans to offer replacement "Doonesbury" comics for newspapers that want to avoid the series on abortion -- set to run next week.
Universal Press Syndicate managing editor Sue Roush confirmed to FoxNews.com that "there are replacement strips available for papers who choose not to publish next week's strips."
The series centers on a new Texas law that requires abortion doctors to show or describe an ultrasound image to a patient before the procedure. The comics feature a woman who goes to a clinic and is confronted by several people who suggest she should be shamed for seeking an
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You know.. I havent seen it in ages either,, hm..
Try this for starters --
http://www.gocomics.com/explore/comics
Cheers!
Doonsbury can make Andy Capp seem funny in comparison.
Hey thanks, that should help satisfy his need for comics.
It is going to be weird not receiving a daily paper, have been a subscriber for decades. We have just decided it is an expense we can do without.
Women, being rational beings with minds and wills, can do that. And we can view, and grasp the significance of our inner space as well.
It doesn't cause shame to see a sonogram of your left atrium. It's not emotionally traumatic to view your pancreas. Diagnostic imaging is not offensive, no matter what organ you'vew viewing or what procedure is in the offing.
But look, there on the GE Voluson 730 4D Ultrasound System screen: a tender tiny creature with a throbbing heart and a home address that's exactly the same as yours. It's a fascinating moment, isn't it, when you see signs of life and activity through the new eyes of scientific technology?
Look for yourself what you'd see of this fascinating creature at 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks:
http://www.gehealthcare.com/usen/patient/ultrasound/obtimeline_new.html>
A good picture, good imaging, causes wonder, curiosity, a driving desire to see more and to know more.
The only thing that causes shame, Mr. Garry Trudeau, is not a good picture but a bad conscience.
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