To: The Virginia State House, The Virginia State Senate, and Governor Ralph Northam

Governor McDonald: NO mandatory ultrasound.

Do not sign the bill to make mandatory that an abortion provider perform an ultrasound on each woman seeking an abortion, and require the provider to offer the woman the opportunity to view the image.

Why is this important?

Governor McDonald would mandate that an abortion provider perform an ultrasound on each woman seeking an abortion, and require the provider to offer the woman the opportunity to view the image. Forcing providers to perform this invasive, traumatizing procedure on a woman who has the ability and the constitutional right to make her own decisions about her body is a brazen violation of personal freedoms.