Abortion-Ultrasound BIll

Texas Gov. Rick Perry urged lawmakers in the state legislature to adopt a bill that would allow women to see an ultrasound of their unborn child prior to having an abortion. Sen. Dan Patrick, a Houston Republican, and Rep. Frank Corte Jr., a San Antonio Republican, are the main legislators sponsoring the bill. In 2007, the state Senate approved the bill and it stalled in the House.Patrick told reporters after Perry's address that his support is “music to these conservative ears.”


I know this is a very touchy subject with many Americans, but I like this bill. I like this bill because it not only gives the mother have another "hoop to jump through" but to be able to see there is actually a living human being inside her body, and that maybe it is closer to killing someone that she previously thought. Who knows the bill could make women think a little harder before "pulling the trigger" and putting that miracle in someone elses hands that would love to raise him/her. If this bill helps one women change her mind about abortion I think its done its job, and I'm very confident that can happen.


That is obviously the pros to the bill. I like to be fair and give both sides of the story, but opposition to this bill simply states that letting women see an ultrasound of their baby jeopardizes their health. My question is, how? Are we talking mental health? I'm not sure thats a very sturdy leg to stand on. Simply weigh the pros and cons, and you should see this is a great bill. There are more than seventy four thousand abortions in Texas annually and legislatures are hoping this bill as well as others in the legislature is considering will greatly reduce that figure.

The Myth of 90 Percent

The Myth of 90 Percent is a editorial from Texas Fred's blog page. The blog is explaining that there has been a myth going around that some liberals and anti gun activist love to throw out there whenever possible. The whole myth is simply stating that 90 percent of the weapons used to commit crimes in Mexico come from the United States. The anti gun activists and some liberals heard this and just repeat it as if it were fact. It sort of took a somewhat of a snowball effect one person heard and never questioned the fact and people kept repeating it for the sake of their arguments against Americans owning guns. For example

– Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it to reporters on a flight to Mexico City.

– CBS newsman Bob Schieffer referred to it while interviewing President Obama.

– California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said at a Senate hearing: “It is unacceptable to have 90 percent of the guns that are picked up in Mexico and used to shoot judges, police officers and mayors … come from the United States.”

The fact of the matter is that the people have been a bit misled by the myth. The initial report of the "90 percent myth" was indeed stated by the ATF's assistant director of field operations, but the thing that is misleading is he was reporting on traced weapons. "But a large percentage of the guns recovered in Mexico do not get sent back to the U.S. for tracing, because it is obvious from their markings that they do not come from the U.S." "Not every weapon seized in Mexico has a serial number on it that would make it traceable, and the U.S. effort to trace weapons really only extends to weapons that have been in the U.S. market," Matt Allen, special agent of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), told FOX News.

I think it goes without saying I agree with TexasFred, these skewed numbers really need to be heard. Unfortunately much of the news is liberally bias so I'm not holding my breath for that to happen.