Good ole boy GOP legislators in Virginia laugh about making women undergo medically-unnecessary "trans-vaginal" ultra-sounds if they want an abortion. Hard to believe this is 2012

From Towleroad:

Not two weeks ago, male Republicans in the Virginia legislature were advocating mandatory "trans-vaginal" ultrasounds for women seeking abortion in the early weeks of pregnancy. If they'd had their way, women seeking abortions would have had camera-equipped metal thingamajigs forcibly inserted into their vaginas to snap pictures of fetuses too underdeveloped to be detected with a standard ultrasound.That battle's over now -- "trans-vaginal" ultrasounds shall remain purely elective in Virginia -- but one Virginia lawmaker won't let it go. He's milking the issue for its comedic value. That's State Del. David Albo, who assumed the dais in the House of Delegates on Friday to relate an allegedly humorous anecdote about how media coverage of the legislation disrupted his attempted seduction of his wife.

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These mostly white Tea Party conservatives and Republicans, in this legislative session, have also voted to allow adoption agencies and VA state government to legally discriminate against LGBT parents and employees. Homophobia, racism, and sexism are all highly correlated, and that's why the LGBT community must ally itself with women and other minority groups: we are in the same boat. Until all of us are free, none of us are. --Joe