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Committee approves bill requiring ultrasound image be displayed before abortion; proponents, opponents clash in public comment
Summary
The committee passed a bill requiring that ultrasound images be displayed (not merely offered) before an abortion; advocates for the measure said it would reduce abortions, while medical and rights advocates opposed it as unnecessary government intrusion and shaming of pregnant people.
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee passed a bill requiring that an ultrasound image be displayed prior to an abortion after hearing testimony from proponents and opponents.
Rose Mims, executive director of Arkansas Right to Life, presented the bill and said it would amend a 2005 law so that an ultrasound image would be on display for a woman seeking an abortion, though she could avert her eyes if she preferred. "It…
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