The governing body of the Republican Party in Texas has voted to include a resolution on the March 2010 primary ballot asking lawmakers to require that women seeking an abortion would be able to see an ultrasound image before they agree to the procedure.
Kyleen Wright, president of Texans for Life Coalition, said they tried to get it passed this session.
"It was a measure that we pushed very hard in the state Legislature," she said. It passed in the Senate, but died as a result of Democrats running out the clock filibustering on another measure."
Wright said many of the abortion clinics in the state already perform sonograms, but that doesn't mean women are seeing the results.
"Most of the women," she said, "don't know that it's in the package that they're paying for, don't even necessarily know that they are having this procedure and are never offered the opportunity to see the sonogram."
According to the Sanctity of Human Life Department at Focus on the Family, a combination of counseling and ultrasound results in nearly 60 percent more decisions for life.
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