http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/reporter-megan-carpentier-undergoes-unnecessary-transvaginal-ultrasound-frame-155926605.html

In this article, a reporter gets a transvaginal ultrasound in order to demonstrate how uncomfortable it is and how legislators should not require it. I feel her point largely right, believe it or not. This is where I think anti-abortion legislation actually impedes rather than promotes itself. The politicians who pass such laws fail to realize that both in perception and reality, they are overstepping a line when they require an invasive and truly unnecessary procedure prior to any abortion.

Now before applauding me for my liberal open-mindedness, I still would favor a regular ultrasound, which is not invasive and can be well justified by requiring that a patient make an educated decision. But crossing the linewith a required transvag US is more than a moral stupidity; it's a PR stupidity as well. How many will be swayed towards a more pro-choice POV because legislators don't know how to get the right laws passed?