In Arizona the state legislature passed a bill that requires doctors to tell patients with drug-induced abortions that the procedure may be reversible, even though most scientists say it isn’t.
Twelve states mandate that women seeking abortions must be informed that a 20-week-old fetus can feel pain, although research indicates that is not true.
Four states require that women who seek abortions must be given inaccurate information on future fertility.
Five states require that women who who wants an abortion must be informed that abortions are linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, although that is a lie.
How long will it be before a state legislature passes a law that the sun revolves around the earth?
The information on state legislative activity appeared in a Gail Collins column in today’s Times. At some point I’m hoping the kind of backlash that accompanied the Indiana and Arkansas laws on gays will also accompany legislative action against abortion, but so far I haven’t seen it.
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