Bishops disappointed in court ruling on sonogram law

Texas’ Catholic bishops are disappointed at the federal district court’s recent ruling that the state’s sonogram law is unconstitutional.

Especially troubling was the ruling’s apparent pitting of a doctor’s claims to free speech against a woman’s right to comprehensive medical information before consenting to an irrevocable medical procedure affecting her and her unborn child. The Sonogram Law accords with common standards of informed medical consent for even minor medical procedures.
The intent of the Sonogram Law continues to be to inform a mother completely about the life in her womb.