The 10 Most Ridiculous Things Old White Men Have Proposed About Women And Vaginas
9) Virginia Governor Bob “lol my bad” McDonnell claimed he didn’t initially read or fully understand a bill he signed that would make invasive transvaginal ultrasounds mandatory for women seeking an abortion.
“After talking to lawyers and doctors on my own, after we started hearing some concerns in the legislature, I personally looked at it. I mean, normally a governor would review these hundreds of hundreds of bills when they get to your desk. You’re so busy advocating your own agenda, you don’t read every legislator’s bill.” [CBSnews.com]
Of course, McDonnell did go ahead and sign a reworked version of the bill, one that still mandates ultrasounds, albeit not the 10-inch-long probe kind, that women have to pay for out of pocket.