Transvaginal ultrasounds are solidly on the list of “medical procedures no one wants but you’ll probably need at some point anyway.” This type of ultrasound can be useful if your doctor needs to get a ...

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Plenty of pundits on both sides of the ideological aisle have weighed in on the country's ongoing abortion debate and the transvaginal ultrasound mandates passed by several states—what some people ...

WASHINGTON – Virginia Republican legislators have dropped a bitterly contested requirement that women seeking abortions undergo invasive ultrasound imaging, likely dooming the bill. The ...

The anti-abortion provisions slipped into Ohio’s budget have been ratified, but the Republican-controlled legislature is still considering other efforts to restrict abortions. House Bill 200, ...

“Women might consider this bill a TSA pat-down inside their vagina.” —Jon Stewart, “The Daily Show” Contraception and abortion are shaping up to be mobilizing issues in this year’s presidential ...

Republicans in Michigan are pushing a bill that would essentially require all women seeking an abortion to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound first. The bill would mandate the “performance of a ...

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Several states are considering laws that would mandate an ultrasound before a woman has an abortion. Critics say the laws are unnecessary and intrusive, and the debate reached a fever pitch recently ...

RICHMOND —The Virginia Senate narrowly approved Tuesday a modified version of a contentious proposal that would require women to get an external ultrasound before an abortion. The 21 to 19 vote, ...

It’s not as if “Doonesbury,” the comic strip, hasn’t tackled controversial subjects before. Still, the series just released, which features a woman seeking an abortion being forced to undergo a ...