Women should be informed before they abort

We all know what abortion is, and, thanks to some of the sign-toting anti-abortion protesters — who do their cause no good — we know what abortion looks like. Shouldn’t pregnant women also know what their healthy fetuses look like before they hit delete?

This is a question lacking in sinister intent. What is sinister is the proposition that ignorance is better — and the implied hope that women won’t choose to reconsider.

I can’t speak to the efficacy of these bills. Let the doctors and lawyers hash that out. But as an advocate for informed choice, I can’t rationalize ignorance or denial as preferable options for women in need of sound counseling.

Or for a nation that wants to make abortion rare.