ABORTION AND HEALTH CARE LAW
A federal appeals court will be deciding a case attacking the new health care reform law. A major issue is whether the government can require citizens to purchase health care insurance.
Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to sign a law soon requiring a woman seeking an abortion to have a sonogram.
Insurance purchases may well be justified as they are needed to make the health care system work. But can it possibly be lawful to make a woman undergo a medical procedure that is unwanted and unneeded?
A federal appeals court will be deciding a case attacking the new health care reform law. A major issue is whether the government can require citizens to purchase health care insurance.
Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to sign a law soon requiring a woman seeking an abortion to have a sonogram.
Insurance purchases may well be justified as they are needed to make the health care system work. But can it possibly be lawful to make a woman undergo a medical procedure that is unwanted and unneeded?
