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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublican law maker claims he has no idea what a transvaginal ultrasound is.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=WHqeMHMZFy4&feature=player_embedded&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWHqeMHMZFy4%26feature%3Dplayer_embeddedDuring a town hall meeting last week, Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) claimed to be ignorant of trans-vaginal ultrasounds and their recent involvement in the debate over abortion rights.
Duffy was asked whether he supported the Womans Right to Know her Unborn Child Act, which would require a woman to receive a trans-vaginal ultrasound prior to terminating her pregnancy. Top Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature have said the bill was a priority and long overdue.
But Duffy said he didnt know what a trans-vaginal ultrasound was.
"I havent had one, he remarked.
His comment was greeted with laughter.
I havent heard of it, Duffy added. And just like I told you Im pro life, and I know that you are too, but Im not willing to say Ill support what youre talking about because I havent seen the bill, even though were probably in agreement on that issue.
The Republican lawmaker has described himself as 100 percent pro-life without exceptions. During a debate last year, Duffy called the group NARAL Pro-Choice America disgusting because they supported late term abortions and partial birth abortions. He has supported a number of anti-abortion bills in Congress.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/28/constituents-laugh-at-anti-abortion-republicans-ignorance-of-trans-vaginal-ultrasounds/
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Republican law maker claims he has no idea what a transvaginal ultrasound is. (Original Post)
JRLeft
Feb 2013
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abbeyco
(1,555 posts)1. His loudmouthed wife should be able to tell him
duffy and rachel have 6 kids so I'm pretty certain she's been transvaginally probed and could educate her idiot husband.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)2. Perhaps he could try a trans-anal ultrasound
just for laffs.
Still Sensible
(2,870 posts)3. Give him a look at his prostate
using the same device and he'll at least have some idea. Just sayin'.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)4. Any transvaginal bill that's introduced should have a clause stating that republican legislators...
... must have a trans-PENILE altrasound before voting on the bill.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)5. Anyone voting yes on one of these
should really be probed by the ultrasound so they can understand what it is and how it works before they assume it's OK to force on someone else.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)7. Wasn't there some flak a while back
about politicians voting on things they don't know?
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)8. Someone should email him this.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)9. If life was like South Park
On exiting the building, he would get beamed up to a UFO research ship and get a demonstration of the nearest anatomical equivalent.