Is the New Texas Law Unconstitutional?

            In The Daily Texan, there is an article discussing about how a group filed a lawsuit to overturn the sonogram law that passed in the last legislative session.  The group is Center for Reproductive Rights, which is New York based.  They filed the lawsuit saying the new Texas law, where it requires doctors to conduct a sonogram prier to performing an abortion, is indistinct and unconstitutional.  The law also requires more than just a sonogram being performed before an abortion, it makes the doctors have to describe the fetus’ features and allow a pregnant women to hear the fetal heartbeat.  The law only allows exemptions from this in cases of rape, incest, or when fetus has fatal abnormalities.  Republican Gov. Rick Perry, who opposes abortion, says the law is needed to protect the life of unborn babies.  Some supporters for the law also say it is important for the women to fully understand what she is doing.  In the center’s lawsuit they argue the speech puts unwanted stress and emotional strain on women before they are about to have a medical procedure.  The center has requested U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks to block the law for abortions being performed starting October 1^st because of the pending lawsuit.  Sparks hasn’t issued a ruling so far but said he will before October 1^st. 

            I selected this article because it addresses one of the most controversial topics not only for Texas, but also for the U.S.  I believe the law inflicts against woman’s rights to make decisions for herself tremendously and it is going to be very interesting to how the outcome of the center’s lawsuit is.