Anti-abortion activists rally at Texas Capitol

The article I have chosen to summarize to you for this assignment provides some insight on a new bill that deals with abortion restrictions.

Thursday afternoon anti-abortion activists rallied at the Texas Capitol demanding tougher restrictions on abortions. This rally arose because of a bill that was approved by the state Senate on Wednesday that would require doctors to perform a sonogram before executing an abortion. If this bill is passed, it would require doctors to explain to the woman what they are seeing during the sonogram. Doctors would also have to describe visible internal organs, legs or arms. There are exemptions to this bill in such cases where there are fatal abnormalities or for women who have been sexually assaulted or a victim of incest.
In the House, three similar bills have been introduced. All of which, in addition to the Senate's bill, would require the doctor to display the sonogram image to the woman and play the fetal heartbeat. The woman could not opt-out of this. The House bills also don't provide for any exemptions. State Sen. Dan Patrick told the activists, "We're on the right side of God and on the right side of history".

This article is worth reading because not only is abortion one of the most controversial issues, it provides some detail on current abortion bills trying to be passed and how pregnancy and abortion could be handled in the near future in regards to government involvement. It affects the pro-life group in the sense that it is a step towards making abortions illegal. However, this especially affects the pro-choice group. It will not take away the choice of having an abortion but these bills will make the choice extremely difficult if the woman, and possibly man involved, have to see and listen to the baby.