VA-OK?
February 23, 2012 13 Comments
Remember way back to a couple days ago when Virginia was going to require an invasive (‘transvaginal’) ultrasound before abortion? This, you’ll recall, was basically the sole reason that Jim Henley staunchly and logically refuses to live in a hellish backwater like Fairfax County, Virginia rather than a place that is totally and completely different in every way such as Montgomery County, Maryland. Merely the prospect of it happening (remember, he must have made this principled no-Virginia decision well before the proposed law even came up, but at the same time it was enough that he knew it – or something like it – was coming, which is why he chose Maryland and spurned Virginia you see) singlehandedly threatened to affect the experience of living in Fairfax County - for people like Jim Henley (bloggers, accounting analysts) - that much.
Well, now they’re not going to require a transvaginal ultrasound before abortion. Does this mean Jim Henley would now be free to move from Silver Spring to, like, McLean if he felt like it, got a decent enough bid on his current place from a French diplomat, noticed a bigger place on the market in a better school district, or whatever? I mean what I’m wondering is: does this signal the all-clear for Virginia as a safe place for the Jim Henleys of the world to consider residing in? The internet waits with bated breath.
P.S. For the record, I was against the proposal too.
I certainly appreciate the links. But I think the trick to building up blog traffic is to pick fights with a popular blogger. Though I suppose this is good practice if you plan to do that later.
Heh
What’s ‘blog traffic’?
I agree with both of you that it was a dumb idea. Nice of Jim Henley to drop by, though I’m a little disappointed that he didn’t answer your question. I’m guessing he doesn’t even have a transvagina, so it’s a moot point anyway.
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I think Jim is right. You should pick bigger, more popular bloggers to fight with. At the same time, you have to calibrate this bcs if they’re too big they’ll refuse to fight (cowards!).
I didn’t really follow the argument (or the links) but.. I guess jim would say that virginia’s the sort of place where things *like* this could actually happen or be proposed.
For the record, I’m willing to live in Virginia for a while.
I’m a lover not a fighter. Plus, a blogger. (This is a real blog.)
Anyway, Jim’s absolutely right that Virginia is the sort of place where that sort of dumb-ass law could be proposed, and then scaled back after public outcry. And that’s precisely why Fairfax County is so much of a hellhole compared with Montgomery County that a person who lives in the latter could never possibly tolerate living in the former! What part of this aren’t people understanding?
Admittedly, this is all (slightly) funnier if you’re actually familiar with those places. Unclear what percentage of my 2.3 readers are. All the more reason to set up an exchange program to send you to Virginia. I hear they’ll soon be needing lots of transvaginal ultrasound techs, are you licensed?
Um, perhaps because you’re all dudes you aren’t aware that transvaginal ultrasounds are standard of care for all early pregnancies, even ones that will directly be aborted.
The law is stupid because it’s redundant. They already do the ultrasound before very early abortions (most of them) and they do an abdominal one for abortions later in the first trimester (most of the rest of them).
The reasons why should be obvious even to dudes.
Speaking as a dude here, no it’s not obvious.
Maybe all dudes should just move to Virginia, and all ladies to Maryland. That’ll show ‘em and their stupid law! Problem solved?
P.S. Are we sure Anon. is a dude?
Ain’t nobody giving me a transvaginal thing to find out, that’s damn sure.
Hm, that could be an issue re: your plans to come live there. Can you even get an entry visa to Virginia without having a transvaginal whatzit first?
I moved to Virginia in 2009 and no one asked me to show them any part of my vagina. In fact, they didn’t even ask me for an “entry visa,” which I actually thought you needed to get into some other country, and last time I checked, Virginia was still part of the US.
However, I did have to stay in a refugee camp for awhile, but that was because I moved here from Florida, and you know you can’t just let all of us in willy-nilly. It would be chaos.
SUPPOSEDLY Planned Parenthood requires ultrasounds, including transvaginal, before all abortions, but no one cares because they’re Democrat-approved. It’s only when Republicans try to legislate such things that Democrats get extremely upset.
Actually that claim doesn’t quite pass the smell test for me, but here are all the quotes: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/02/22/planned-parenthood-abortions-ultrasounds/