Tony Plakas, South Florida Sun Sentinel
April 23, 2008
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, which is why some Florida legislators are hoping to mandate that all women, seeking an abortion, review an ultrasound image of their fetus prior to consenting to the procedure. Although ultrasounds performed in the first trimester are considered medically unnecessary, the proposed law commands physicians to conduct them. The action also attempts to distort the directive of informed consent into a tactic to dissuade women from terminating their pregnancies.
