It turns out the man pushing this OWNS the ultrasound company and wants to get some profits.

The Alabama Senate is slated to start debating the controversial legislation as early as Tuesday after the bill passed the health committee last week. The bill -- similar to one just amended in the Virginia legislature -- requires women to undergo an ultrasound prior to receiving an abortion. It says either an external or transvaginal ultrasound would need to be performed, and that women would not have a decision as to which procedure would be used. Transvaginal ultrasounds are needed to detect an embryo in the earliest weeks of pregnancy.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/26/alabama-ultrasound-bill-governor-robert-bentley_n_1302298.html

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002360563

Since the mid-1990s, several states have moved to make ultrasound part of abortion service
provision.

Some laws and policies require that a woman seeking an abortion receive information on accessing ultrasound
services, while others require that a woman undergo an ultrasound before an abortion.

Since routine ultrasound is not
considered medically necessary as a component of first-trimester abortion, the requirements appear to be a veiled attempt
to personify the fetus and dissuade a woman from obtaining an abortion. Moreover, an ultrasound can add significantly to
the cost of the procedure.

HIGHLIGHTS:

 11 states require verbal counseling or written materials to include information on accessing ultrasound services.
 20 states regulate the provision of ultrasound by abortion providers.
 7 states mandate that an abortion provider perform an ultrasound on each woman seeking an abortion, and
require the provider to offer the woman the opportunity to view the image.
 9 states require that a woman be provided with the opportunity to view an ultrasound image if her provider
performs the procedure as part of the preparation for an abortion.
 5 states require that a woman be provided with the opportunity to view an ultrasound image.


http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_RFU.pdf

Or the economic cost of raising a child for 18 to 30 years, depending on the economy...

Detailed listings of GOP war against women's rights, interesting read. I had no idea it was this organized.


http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/updates/index.html