contraception, it's politicians making decisions for american women. because american women suddenly this year can no longer be trusted to make these decisions for themselves. so, in this case, in virginia today, this is a political tactic that conveyed the message in two ways. all of these people being willing to show up to make feelings known about virginia's proposed legislation, to mandate forced medically unnecessary vaginal ultrasounds for women seeking an abortion without the woman's permission and over the objection of her doctor, a way to show up and say "i am against this proposed law" but they are also showing up in a way that implicitly makes their case. these protesters are being seen and not being heard. for today at least, this protest worked. the house in virginia was supposed to vote on the state's now famous anti-abortion mandatory trans-vaginal sonogram bill but the sponsor of the bill had it held for the day.