I saw in the news today that the state legislature endorsed the ultrasound bill (second-round approval), which requires that an ultrasound be performed prior to an abortion. The weird thing about the whole discussion surrounding it is that most of it had to do with emotional trauma to the mother. Some said that performing an ultrasound would cause too much heartache, while others pointed out that the mother could just look away.

I have a couple things to say to that. First, like it or not, the ultrasound helps to establish the seriousness of the issue. It’s a step in the right direction as it makes it that much harder to trivialize infanticide. And second, those who are trying to use that argument to oppose the ultrasound bill are in effect confirming that the unborn child is truly a life. As if it were not a life but rather just a mass of tissue such as a tumor or parasite, there would not be such heartache and trauma.
It reminds me of an observation someone made recently about many atheists, who strive with a religious fervor to convince people that there is no God (and sometimes even attempt to take to the courts to prove such). If there were really no God, and the atheist were correct, then why even make a big deal of it. Instead, it seems to be the knowledge of God that makes the so-called atheist most passionate against God. And so it seems to be with those arguing against the ultrasound bill. They know the fetus is a human life. And that’s what scares, even traumatizes, them the most about the ultrasounds: that the mother will realize that as well, and decide to save the life.