The Shameful Sonogram Act

I read a post from the Texas blog by “Mean Rachel” entitled “The Texas Shame Act.” Rachel’s blog is about the controversial Texas Sonogram Act, or rather about how it is being displayed to the public. Rachel has taken an issue with people becoming so upset with the act being referenced in a Doonesbury comic strip because she claims that “if the law is simply about “protecting the health of women,” then what’s the harm of it being brought up in the comic section where “families and children may see it?” Rachel takes the stance that it shouldn’t be such a monumental issue that Doonesbury used the sonogram law for one of it’s punch lines because in fact the law itself isn’t actually about “protecting the health of women,” and instead, it is “invasive, self-mandated shaming.”

I think that Rachel’s main audience is women who have an interest in the sonogram law because that is the main source of people who would be affected by this law. I also believe that Rachel is intending for anyone who is in support of this law to receive her message as well because from my understanding of who she is and her writing style, she would want the people who oppose her viewpoint to know how she feels about the topic.

I personally agree with Rachel and believe that the Texas Sonogram Act being referenced in a Doonesbury comic strip is not as big of an ordeal as some are making it out to be. Rachel references later in her blog that if comic strips like “Zits” can bring up women’s health issues in their comic strips then what difference is it if Doonesbury brings up this issue? I don’t see the difference and I believe that some people just like to make mountains out of molehills.

All in all, it is a very interesting blog post and is definitely worth reading. You may not always agree with what Rachel is writing but you have to at least give her credit for having an opinion and not being afraid to tell you and everyone else what it is.