Wisconsin Republicans pass anti-abortion ultrasound bill

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Wisconsin Republicans pass anti-abortion ultrasound bill

By Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Wisconsin's Republican-led state Assembly passed a measure on Thursday to make it more difficult to get an abortion by requiring women first undergo an ultrasound. The bill, which also requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, now heads for the desk of Republican Governor Scott Walker, who is expected to sign it into law. Anti-abortion activists have increasingly turned toward enacting new restrictions at the state level to the procedure, which was made legal nationally by the U.S. ...

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