ULTRA SOUND BILL PASSES HOUSE!

HB 147, the ultra sound bill that requires a doctor who is going to perform an abortion to offer to perform a sonogram – and then to offer it to the woman to view – passed with a bi-partisan effort in the House today by a vote of 116-54.

I was sitting in the chamber with Caryl Swift, Kevin Harris, Nancy Stith and Karen LaBarr with Georgia Right to Life, Mary Boyert with the Catholic Archdiocese when the bill passed. It has been a long time coming for us to be able to pass pro-life legislation and we are grateful to all – Republican and Democrat – who voted for the common sense bill.

House Republicans who voted against the bill were Jill Chambers (81), Bobby Franklin (43), and Ed Lindsey (54).

House Democrats who voted for the bill were Ellis Black (174), Amy Carter (175), Carl Von Epps (128), Mike Glanton (76), Gerald Greene (149), Bob Hanner (148), Keith Heard (114), Charles Jenkins (8), Celeste Johnson (75), Randall Mangham (94), Dubose Porter (143), Alan Powell (29), Barbara Reece (11), Willie Talton (145), and Don Wix (32).

The bill now goes to the Rules Committee to be placed on the calendar for a vote in the Senate.

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SB 148 – "Save the Cure" bill (Senator David Shafer, sponsor) that deals with non-embryonic stem cell research will be heard on the floor of the Senate tomorrow.

We will be down there again tomorrow advocating for passage of this bill.