What it states is that the state will pursue child support (just an established fact - they do that now)
I, also, don't see why whether or not they know he can get custody if he pursues it to be of interest, here. It also - might - not be true. Custody is complicated. Do you think women will agree or not agree to it based on that being provided or something? In fact, I'm sure some people would make the decision based on that - you know - using children as a pawn in divorce happens, too. It's not something I want to put out there at all in this decision making process.
Some women DON'T want to have an abortion. If they know they will be able to go to the Dr, and their children will be supported in the future by either/and state/father then they won't go through with it. I see nothing wrong with that.
This really irons out the concern some people raised about 'being forced to see it - hear it' - she's not forced.
You know what this bill would amount to? A few sheets of paper - some signatures - without it ever being read. That what patient consent and rights are, today - just sheets they print off and you sign hastily while they drabble on about what's in it.
Oh - and I'm pro-choice. I'm pro-informed-choice.
Pro-informed? What is pro-informed about that law? A woman can get a sonogram if she wants to. Apparently you believe it impossible without this law?
Since a woman can opt out, it truly is absolutely irrelevant to medical practice and irrelevant to information. Rather it is just harassment - economic and time. So a woman has to spend a day to pay for a sonogram unless she travels a hundred miles to wait hours at a prolife church or facility offering free sonograms to try to convince women and teens not to abort - that makes her wait 5 hours while they berate and sermonize at her - for a sonogram she doesn't want to and won't look at - and the give her papers she doesn't want to read and won't... taking off work to do it losing that pay/money too...
... which you call "being informed?" Yeah, informed that if you seek and abortion the government will force you to go thru government and prolife intimidation, harassment and expenses after expenses - and informed you are a "murderer murdering you own baby" at the "free sonogram" prolife facilities.
AGAIN, let's NOT pretend this about medical practice OR about "being informed." If it was, they would require a woman planning to give birth to also have a sonogram so "she is informed." This has nothing to do about babies. It is about harassing and financially harassing and time harassing women - plus massive invasion of her privacy physically and in terms of government information gathering about her.
I know you're pro-choice. But our portrayal of "just sign a couple papers" is not accurate.
Prove me wrong. Schedule yourself for a "free sonogram" and just go there, wait it and then say you changed your mind. I bet you can't go there, wait and be back home within 5 minutes like you claim. Remember, this is a special trip that can not be one the day an abortion is done.