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Ultrasounds as “rape”? 99% of Planned Parenthood clinics do them

Published in the medical journal Contraception in 2003, researchers with the pro-abortion group IPAS, the University of North Carolina, a consortium of Planned Parenthood clinics and the National Abortion Federation surveyed staff at 113 Planned Parenthood affiliates and independent abortion businesses between February and April 2000…

Surveying 72 of the abortion businesses that sold the abortion pill to women, the researchers found abortion facilities frequently use vaginal ultrasounds before an abortion to determine the gestational age of the baby or afterwards to determine of the abortion was complete. In fact 99 percent of the abortion facilities surveyed always or sometimes performed an ultrasound in association with the surgical abortion — while just one percent did not.

“Vaginal ultrasound was always performed before the early surgical abortion at 59 (83%) sites, under certain conditions at 11 (16%) sites, and never at one (1%) site,” the study noted. “Vaginal ultrasound was always performed after early surgical abortion at 18 (26%) sites, under certain conditions at 46 (66%) sites, and never at 6 (8%) sites.”

Similar numbers were seen regarding vaginal ultrasounds before a mifepristone abortion.

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There’s a well-funded propaganda machine out there telling women that it’s “just a clump of cells”. All we are doing is providing a tiny, tiny bit of truth to counter the propaganda.

slickwillie2001 on February 22, 2012 at 5:27 PM

So do it privately. Don’t get more government involved.

Armin Tamzarian on February 22, 2012 at 5:34 PM

The solution to that problem is not more government (dictating to private health providers that they must perform ultrasounds), it’s less government (pushing for an end to socialized medicine). Conservatives never win by demanding more government. Never.

Armin Tamzarian on February 22, 2012 at 5:33 PM

I never said I agreed with it. I’m all for banning partial birth abortion however. PBA is nothing more than murder.

darwin on February 22, 2012 at 5:39 PM

In fact 99 percent of the abortion facilities surveyed always or sometimes performed an ultrasound in association with the surgical abortion — while just one percent did not.Great. Then Vrginia was wasting its time mandating a medical procedure.

YYZ on February 22, 2012 at 4:00 PM

You think PP lets their clients watch those sonograms?

TexasDan on February 22, 2012 at 4:03 PM

Compromise. All patients must be shown any ultrasound performed on them.

MeatHeadinCA on February 22, 2012 at 5:59 PM

The reason that abortionists do sonograms is so that they can tell how far along the baby is, which determines how much they charge in fees. The further along, the higher the fee.

Ward Cleaver on February 22, 2012 at 6:00 PM

The reason that abortionists do sonograms is so that they can tell how far along the baby is, which determines how much they charge in fees. The further along, the higher the fee.

Ward Cleaver on February 22, 2012 at 6:00 PM

Do they charge by the pound? Inch?

MeatHeadinCA on February 22, 2012 at 6:03 PM

I had an ultrasound to check for abnormalities on my liver.

I… I feel so VIOLATED!

Nethicus on February 22, 2012 at 6:19 PM