for women living near the mexican border, back-alley abortions are back and the new back alley is across the border in mexico. even as republicans have been able to go farther in restricting these rights now than at any time in the last 40 years, there have been some things that are still just a bridge too far. like the personhood thing, for example. the personhood thing came nowhere near passing, not even in mississippi. it was too far. we talked on the show last night, republican candidates in colorado, even the ones who supported personhood last year, are sprinting away from it. they know personhood is a bridge too far. the other thing that has been a bridge too far is the idea of forced ultrasounds. forced ultra sounds is something that republicans did get passed last year in texas and this year in louisiana and arizona. and in virginia. but not until in virginia there was a national furor over it. and that gave virginia governor
doctor s prescriptions, without instructions on how to use them, at risk to their lives and health. for women living near the mexican border, back-alley abortions are back and the new back alley is across the border in mexico. even as republicans have been able to go farther in restricting these rights now than at any time in the last 40 years, there have been some things that are still just a bridge too far. like the personhood thing, for example. the personhood thing came nowhere near passing, not even in mississippi. it was too far. we talked on the show last night, republican candidates in colorado, even the ones who supported personhood last year, are sprinting away from it. they know personhood is a bridge too far. the other thing that has been a bridge too far is the idea of forced ultrasounds. forced ultra sounds is something that republicans did get passed last year in texas and this year in louisiana and arizona. and in virginia. but not until in virginia there was a national
was passed that mandated medically unnecessary vaginally probed ultra sounds for anybody seeking an abortion in his state. they took out the part saying it had to be strictly vaginal, but you had to have an unnecessary ultrasound at the direction of the state government and virginia still required you to pay for it. that s how governor mcdonnell became governor ultrasound. in the same election virginia elected him, they also picked an anti-abortion activist to be attorney general too. ken cuccinelli began his career sponsoring bills to make it harder to get an abortion in virginia. like we have seen this year, republicans of virginia this year, even after the ultrasound thing, have been moving forward with new regulations that are specifically targeted at abortion clinics. they seem designed to try to close abortion clinics through targeted regulation. now, interestingly, the board of
boring, plus paul ryan, the news that the romney campaign has narrowed the field of vice president to those folks, left this guy, poor old virginia governor bob mcdonald in the lonely this week. he had, at one point, been a leading contender for the vice presidential spot and made no secret of the fact he wanted the job, and badly. bob mcdonnell ran ads for himself, even though he s not running for reelection. what are the ads for, what are you campaigning for, gov? he was seen as a top contender for the v.p. nod until a bill was passed that mandated medically unnecessary vaginally probed ultra sounds for anybody seeking an abortion in his state. they took out the part saying it had to be strictly vaginal, but you had to have an unnecessary ultrasound at the direction of the state government and virginia still required you to pay for it.
leading contender for the vice presidential spot and made no secret of the fact he wanted the job, and badly. bob mcdonnell ran ads for himself, even though he s not running for reelection. what are the ads for, what are you campaigning for, gov? he was seen as a top contender for the v.p. nod until a bill was passed that mandated medically unnecessary vaginally probed ultra sounds for anybody seeking an abortion in his state. they took out the part saying it had to be strictly vaginal, but you had to have an unnecessary ultrasound at the direction of the state government and virginia still required you to pay for it. that s how governor mcdonnell became governor ultrasound. in the same election virginia elected him, they also picked an anti-abortion activist to be attorney general too. ken cuccinelli began his career