Can you blame the guy? The First Lady has quite the set of gams.
First lady Michelle Obama sits next to U.S. President Barack Obama while listening during the groundbreaking ceremony at the construction site of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, February 22, 2012.
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Bob McDonnell wants to be Vice President. And this isn't a fight even staunchly anti-abortion Republicans want to have.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell at the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this month.
(Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla)
I am pro-life. I believe deeply in the sanctity of innocent human life and believe governments have a duty to protect human life. The more our society embraces a culture of life for all people, the better country we will have.
Over the course of my 20-year career in elected office, I have been glad to play a leading role in putting in place common-sense policies that protect and defend innocent human life in the Commonwealth. One of those bills was Virginia’s informed consent statute, of which I was the chief patron in the House of Delegates, finally seeing its passage in 2001.
This session, the General Assembly is now considering amending this informed consent statute to include a requirement that any woman seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound in order to establish the gestational age for appropriate medical purposes, and to offer a woman the opportunity to voluntarily review that ultrasound prior to giving her legal informed consent to abortion.
Over the past days I have discussed the specific language of the proposed legislation with other governors, physicians, attorneys, legislators, advocacy groups, and citizens. It is apparent that several amendments to the proposed legislation are needed to address various medical and legal issues which have arisen. It is clear that in the majority of cases, a routine external, transabdominal ultrasound is sufficient to meet the bills stated purpose, that is, to determine gestational age.
I have come to understand that the medical practice and standard of care currently guide physicians to use other procedures to find the gestational age of the child, when abdominal ultrasounds cannot do so. Determining gestational age is essential for legal reasons, to know the trimester of the pregnancy in order to comply with the law, and for medical reasons as well.
Thus, having looked at the current proposal, I believe there is no need to direct by statute that further invasive ultrasound procedures be done. Mandating an invasive procedure in order to give informed consent is not a proper role for the state. No person should be directed to undergo an invasive procedure by the state, without their consent, as a precondition to another medical procedure.
For this reason, I have recommended to the General Assembly a series of amendments to this bill. I am requesting that the General Assembly amend this bill to explicitly state that no woman in Virginia will have to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound involuntarily. I am asking the General Assembly to state in this legislation that only a transabdominal, or external, ultrasound will be required to satisfy the requirements to determine gestational age. Should a doctor determine that another form of ultrasound may be necessary to provide the necessary images and information that will be an issue for the doctor and the patient. The government will have no role in that medical decision.
I have requested other amendments that help clarify the purposes of the bill and reflect a better understanding of prevailing medical practices. It is my hope that the members of the General Assembly will act favorably upon these recommendations from our office. We will await their action prior to making any further comments on this matter.
Well this is only extremely depressing. French photographer Benjamin Bechet juxtaposes famous fictional icons with not so cheery lives.
Yo Momma is so lo-res, she can't even save for web. Come on, you know it's true. Now thanks to the kids at 55 Hi's you can print out these memos and share the LOLs.
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Hypnotic and slightly ominous photos of an industrial condom facility. Safety never looked so spooky.
A worker places condoms onto a packaging belt at the Safedom factory in the town of Zhaoyuan, China, February 6, 2012. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, Safedom are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its "Take Me" condom, aimed at women consumers.
(Reuters / David Gray)
(Reuters / David Gray)
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(Reuters / David Gray)
From their new album “Port Of Morrow,” out March 20th. The video is great, and almost as wonderful as hearing new music from The Shins.
These dudes are having the best time at Spring Training 2012!
Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter signs a few baseballs for three Amish men at Orioles Spring Training in Sarasota, Florida. Early contender for best Spring Training photo this year.
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An abstinence-only education bill has passed in the Utah House of Representatives by a vote of 45-28. The bill would lift the current requirement that all public schools must teach sex ed in grades 8 through 12 in Utah public schools.
Republican Rep. Bill Wright, the bill sponsor, says:
We’ve been culturally watered down to think we have to teach about sex, about having sex and how to get away with it, which is intellectually dishonest. Why don’t we just be honest with them upfront that sex outside marriage is devastating?
Source: sltrib.com
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have just released their first national sleep map. According to them, southern states are hit hardest by sleep disturbance and daytime fatigue.
The findings suggest that, in general, those in the South are most likely to report sleep disturbance and daytime fatigue, and those in the West are least likely.
Source: uphs.upenn.edu
He also thinks Michigan's trees are “just the right height.”
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DETROIT, Michigan—Mitt Romney addressed the Detroit Economic Club today and proved once again why he's hard to relate to.
I actually love this state. This feels good being back in Michigan. You know, the trees are the right height, the streets are just right. I like the fact that most of the cars i see are Detroit-made automobiles. I drive a Mustang and a Chevy pickup truck. Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs. I used to have a dodge truck, so I used to have all three covered.
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“Video Games” gets a meta parody. Peach has got some serious duck face going on.
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Can you spot the difference?
Ford Field is in Michigan. The XL Center is in Connecticut.
Source: @JoshDorner / via: brooklynmutt.com
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Governor Cuomo's younger brother Chris is one of the anchors of ABC's 20/20 and has almost a million Twitter followers. Governor Cuomo has almost twenty-thousand. Maybe it shouldn't be so surprising that he came right out and begged his brother for social media help.
Source: @NYGovCuomo
Thanks to Vanity Fair , the only way I want to watch “The Artist” again is if the cast is entirely made up of babies and a stuffed dog.
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Don't click these. They will make your heart too sad.
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Paris-based photographer Peter Lippmann has been traveling around in search of abandoned vintage cars. These pictures raise a number of questions, like who just leaves their car in the woods? (via laughingsquid.com )
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From a 1%-er who just hates the 99% “on principal.” What a jerk.
Source: @FutureExBanker
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Take a deep breath then hit play. There, see? It's not so bad as all that. (Hopefully.)
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