"Doctors are concerned that non-medical ultrasounds may create anxiety over perceived problems that require riskier and more invasive follow-up tests, or that parents will end up wasting their money on these unnecessary tests"
rather than on the fact that these tests will absolutely and fundamentally revolutionize the debate regarding abortion. Doctors should be rejoicing that mothers will be bonding with their unborn children at an early age. This bond will incline mothers toward better prenatal care for their infants and may even change the minds of some mothers who intend to have their babies dismembered at Planned Parenthood.
The article also states that:
"Technicians use the machinery for entertainment purposes -- something both the FDA and many doctors find troublesome."
For lack of a better expression, I can only say, "F--- the FDA."
Huh? Why, I thought it was just a "tissue mass"...
Thier ghastly scam may be comming to an end - gee, and on the heels of a Republican take-over of the senate - what a shame!!!
Big BUMP for life.
More about the money than morals it seems.
What an odd statement.
No one accuses me of using a thermometer or blood pressure gauge at home for "entertainment purposes."
I used to think those blood pressure machines in pharmacies were a joke. My mother's doctor told us that he thought they were generally reliable. On a whim, I decided to try one. (I actually thought I'd find my pressure was low, because I had been feeling dizzy.)
The high results caused me to see my doctor, who had not checked my pressure the last couple of times I had seen him.
The machine I thought was a joke saved my vision, and perhaps saved my kidneys or my life.