An Iowa legislative committee has cleared a bill requiring doctors to perform an ultrasound allowing a woman to see her unborn baby before undergoing an abortion. The bill is similar to legislation being weighed by Virginia, and proposed Arkansas legislation that would have required doctors to allow a woman to listen to her baby’s heartbeat before performing an abortion.
The Washington State legislature is weighing a bill that would tie insurance coverage for abortion to maternity coverage.
The bill would require health insurers paying for maternity care to also cover abortions. Abortion advocates say the bill is intended to insure abortion coverage is maintained once Obamacare goes into effect in 2014.
Below is a radio broadcast that aired earlier this week on WWIB. Alliance Defense Fund Attorney Matt Bowman appeared on the radio to discuss contraception mandate and the so-called “compromise” announced by the President last week. Bowman’s segment begins around the six-and-a-half-minute mark.
[audio:http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/2012021401.mp3|titles=ADF Talks Contraception Mandate]Bowman also appeared on the Victoria Taft Show:
[audio:http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/2012021403.mp3|titles=ADF Talks Contraception Mandate]
This is a good analysis of the flawed “compromise” over the contraception mandate, and explains how the mandate violates religious liberty.