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"   Michigan Rep. Joel Johnson is so down with the ladies that he wants to do women in his state a solid by making sure that they&amp;#039;re &amp;quot;mentally capable&amp;quot; when they decide to have an abortion. So, last week, he introduced a bill that would require women to undergo a diagnostic ultrasound at least two hours before getting an abortion and then sign a consent form that they still want to go through with their decision.  The timing is supposed to ensure that a woman is clear-headed enough to go through with the procedure before she&amp;#039;s given any drugs associated with the abortion process. But, really, this whole thing just sounds like another way to coerce a woman to change her mind by making her feel horribly guilty about terminating a pregnancy.  Here&amp;#039;s how Johnson is apparently justifying this new law: &amp;quot;We have consumer protection laws for people who are getting loans, or buying life insurance,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It requires that things get explained to them and in my opinion this is another situation where people aren&amp;#039;t making a decision they won&amp;#039;t be happy with down the road.&amp;quot; Right. Getting an abortion is totally like getting a loan.  While the bill says that women don&amp;#039;t have to view the actual images from the ultrasound\u2014nor does the ultrasound have to be transvaginal\u2014this potential new law is just another one of many stipulations the state is using to further restrict women&amp;#039;s reproductive rights. In December, lawmakers passed a &amp;quot;super bill&amp;quot; that banned telemedical abortions (which allow women to get a prescription over the phone for a drug that can end a pregnancy), and also mandated that women go through &amp;quot;coercion screenings&amp;quot; when they go to an abortion clinic, which are designed to ensure that a woman wants an abortion by choice, not because someone is forcing her to do it.  Because making the decision to have an abortion isn&amp;#039;t already hard enough. Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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