Republicans Urging Crist to Support Ultrasound Measure

Leaders of the Republican Party are urging Gov. Charlie Crist not to veto the measure currently before him requiring women in Florida considering having an abortion in the first trimester to have an ultrasound.

Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, who is running for the GOP attorney general nomination, sent Crist a letter urging him to support the measure. Giving the expecting mother the option of looking at an ultrasound of her unborn child will be incredibly important, wrote Kottkamp, noting that he had seen his son through an ultrasound.

Former Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Holly Benson, who is also running for the Republican nod for attorney general, sent out a message to her supporters, urging them to call Crist in support of the measure.

This year, conservative legislators succeeded in passing landmark reforms that will protect thousands of unborn children in Florida and reduce the number of abortions performed in our state, wrote Benson. These measures will save lives, protect the health of women, and put an end to Florida's government subsidizing a procedure that millions of Floridians morally oppose.