STFU Michele Bachmann

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) proposed a bill on Thursday that would force women in the early stages of pregnancy to have a physically invasive and medically unnecessary ultrasound procedure before they can legally consent to having an abortion.

The “Heartbeat Informed Consent Act” requires doctors to make the fetal heartbeat visible and audible to the woman prior to the abortion procedure and to describe the ultrasound image to her in detail, even if she prefers not to hear about it. If the woman is between four and five weeks pregnant, the doctor has to perform a “transvaginal ultrasound” in order to hear the heartbeat, which involves a probe and can be physically uncomfortable for the woman.

So, Michele, let me get this straight, a mandatory HPV shot for girls in Texas is invasive and unlawful, but forcing an actually invasive ultrasound procedure and emotional trauma on a woman isn’t? God damnit I cannot wait for you to be out of my life, forever.