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Sonogram bill author applauds passage, cites ‘emotional problems’ in women who had an abortion

After House passage of his pre-abortion sonogram bill, state Rep. Sid Miller (R-Stephenville) explained to state Rep. Wayne Christian (R-Center) that sonograms

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Image has not been found. URL: http://images.americanindependent.com/2010/08/MahurinElephant_Thumb.jpgAfter House passageof his pre-abortion sonogram bill, state Rep. Sid Miller (R-Stephenville) explained to state Rep. Wayne Christian (R-Center) that sonograms are necessary because women seeking abortions “are under a lot of emotional stress” and many women who had abortions had “disturbed, emotional problems later in life.”
In a YouTube video by Christian’s campaign, Miller cited witnesses’ testimony before the House committee, saying, “It usually happens when they actually see a sonogram of an unborn child at approximately the same age that theirs was. So it’s a very traumatic experience.”
Christian quickly agreed. “Psychological problems,” he said.
“Yes absolutely,” Miller said.
According to an article by Danish scientists published in The New England Journal of Medicine, results of their major study do “not support the hypothesis that there is an increased risk of mental disorders after a first-trimester induced abortion.
Christian said, “The psychological afterlife of the experience of abortion is something I think few really foresee. […] I think in all areas of experience you find that women that have experienced this, and just are tortured the remainder of their lives with mental problems that come to bear.”
“And to the father too. It’s not just to the woman,” Miller said.
Miller also told Christian that women could sign an affidavit saying they chose not to see the sonogram image or hear the fetal heartbeat.
Miller said, “There’s affidavits she signs that says ‘Yes I was shown the sonogram. Yes the sonogram was explained to me in detail, and I heard the heartbeat. Or it was offered but I chose not to.’”
“That’s good to hear,” Christian said. “I think a lot of people don’t understand this is totally voluntary by the woman.”
“Yes she can refuse it. But we want to make sure it’s offered and that she has a chance to actually meet her doctor. Currently they never meet the doctor,” Miller said.
Miller’s House Bill 15includes the text of the required affidavit, which does not include an option for the woman to state that she refused to view the sonogram or receive the other information.
Miller said his bill is meant to allow women to meet their doctors, have the procedure explained to them by the doctor, then go home for 24 hours to “think about it, pray about it.”
“It’s not just wham-bam, I’m outta here,” he said. “These women are under a lot of emotional stress when they come in there.”
[Editor's note: An earlier version of this story had a headline that incorrectly quoted Rep. Miller as referring to "mental problems" in women who had abortions. The headline was changed at 4:40 p.m. Eastern time to quote Miller as using the phrase "emotional problems" instead.]
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