As of Oct. 1st 2011, Texas state law requires that all women seeking an abortion must make at least two visits to the abortion facility. One of the visits must be at least 24 hours before the scheduled abortion time for an ultrasound. Although an ultrasound has always been a typical procedure at the time of the abortion, this new law allows for time between the initial shock of the ultrasound and the time of the actual termination. This allows women the time needed to actually process the reality of their final decision after seeing the fetus.
I'm so glad that I came across Maria F. Jaramillo's post, "New Texas Law on Abortion", because I had no idea that this new abortion law existed.http://morethanjustastate.blogspot.com/ Maria touched on something that is very important. The implementation of this law is not to take away the woman's right to choose what she will do with her own body, but to make sure to enlist everything necessary so that it is at least an educated decision. Education is the key word here and a very powerful tool. To educate the potential mothers on what an abortion really entails, will hopefully make women more aware of ways to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
I am in no way here to judge anyone that is for or against abortions, that is not what this is about. I personally, have been in many different situations where people close to me have terminated pregnancies because they were not ready to be a mothers, and sadly others were forced to terminate for health reasons. Whatever the reason, I commend Texas on making an educated decision to put this law in effect. The law is not forcing anything down anyone's throat, but subtly trying to initiate change in the right direction. Who said Texans couldn't be subtle.
No comments:
Post a Comment