Lawmaker asks if swallowed camera be used for female exam
Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press & KTVB
BOISE -- An Idaho lawmaker received a brief lesson on female anatomy after asking if a woman can swallow a small camera for doctors to conduct a remote gynecological exam.
The question Monday from Republican Rep. Vito Barbieri came as the House State Affairs Committee heard nearly three hours of testimony on a bill that would ban doctors from prescribing abortion-inducing medication through telemedicine.
Dr. Julie Madsen was testifying in opposition to the bill when Barbieri asked the question. Madsen replied that would be impossible because swallowed pills do not end up in the vagina.
Betsy Russell with the Spokesman Review spoke with Barbieri after the Associated Press story went viral. He says the question was rhetorical and he was trying to make a point. "She was drawing a parallel between a colonoscopy and how much more dangerous it was than a chemical abortion," Barbieri told Russell. "So, I was trying to draw out the distinctions."
The committee approved the bill 13-4 on a party-line vote. Barbieri, who sits on the board of a crisis pregnancy center in northern Idaho, voted in favor of the legislation.
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Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks
did you guys read....I know its not much information at all, but cmon...trying to make some dumb point with a bit of rhetoric, yeah, let's focus on everything but the rhetorical part of it 