Scott Walker: Mandatory Ultrasounds Are ‘Just A Cool Thing’ For Women

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker talks during an interview with the Associated Press in New Orleans, Monday, May 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said in an interview on Friday that mandatory ultrasounds for women hoping to get an abortion was “just a cool thing.”

During the interview with conservative radio host Dana Loesch, Walker defended a bill he’d signed in 2013 that required women get the ultrasounds.

“The thing about that, the media tried to make that sound like that was a crazy idea,” Walker said. “Most people I talk to, whether they’re pro-life or not, I find people all the time who’ll get out their iPhone and show me a picture of their grandkids’ ultrasound and how excited they are, so that’s a lovely thing. I think about my sons who are 19 and 20, and we still have their first ultrasounds. It’s just a cool thing out there.”

He also lauded the bill’s effects.

“We just knew if we signed that law, if we provided the information, that more people if they saw that unborn child would make a decision to protect and keep the life of that unborn child,” Walker said.

Listen to the audio below, from Right Wing Watch:

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  1. Mandatory orchiectomies for people named Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin, would be even cooler.

  2. Avatar for dv01 dv01 says:

    I like carrying around skin cancer lesions in my wallet. You know, to take out and show other people. I guess in Scott Walker’s world that makes me normal.

  3. good grief! why is he still on the political stage???

  4. Avatar for tao tao says:

    Shove it and love it Republicans. Not a single one of them will speak against this particular jerk.

  5. A shocking lack of empathy seems to be a required trait for Republican candidates.

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