Ultrasound Bill "Invasive"

This editorial about the Ultrasound bill in Texas was written under the Austin American Statesman, "Ultrasound Bill is an outrageous intrusion by the Texas Legislature." The author is writing to pro-choice readers and the argument frames Republican leaders as those who want to humiliate women in the process of getting an abortion. In the introduction the writer is clear that women are going to be forced to receive "information designed to humiliate them." Interestingly, the slightest bit of research on this bill reveals this as a dramatization. Jim Vertuno of the Houston Chronicle writes in his article, Senate panel hears ultrasound bill, that it only gives a woman the option to see the results of the ultrasound and gives her the opportunity to ask newly discovered questions.  In fact, it is in the interest of women's health and rights that this bill is presented. How is giving information to a patient before a major procedure designed to humiliate anyone? Women should be presented with a choice, especially the young mothers who may have been pressured into having an abortion over adoption. Resisting this bill denies a woman the right to choose.   It is ironic that we can call an ultrasound inhumane and support abortion procedures.  The author further exaggerates the argument by stating, 

"It is an incredibly invasive requirement forced on women, many already traumatized by an unexpected pregnancy and the decision to have an abortion."

I find it hard to believe that a woman will feel ashamed or invaded if a doctor asks her if she wants to see the ultrasound.  You aren't pro-choice if you refuse to fully inform women of the choice they are making. Those who make a fuss about republicans "shaming" women out of abortions are using that argument to cover for their true agenda. They don't want the woman's conscience to play any part in the "choice" she is making. God forbid a woman hears the heart beat of her baby because she may decide it is a life after all.  In the end, this bill is bad for business because it appeals to conscience and life in the womb.