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'''Sonogram laws''' are state requirements that women considering to have an [[abortion]] are provided a sonogram beforehand by the abortion clinic. Only five states have sonogram laws that include the first trimester of the pregnancy:
'''Sonogram laws''' are state requirements that women considering to have an [[abortion]] are provided a sonogram beforehand by the abortion clinic. Only six states have sonogram laws that include the first trimester of the pregnancy:
*Alabama
*Alabama
*Louisiana
*Louisiana
*Mississippi<ref>[[Miss. Code § 41-41-34]] (allows waiver and does not provide for a waiting period).</ref>
*Mississippi<ref>[[Miss. Code § 41-41-34]] (allows waiver and does not provide for a waiting period).</ref>
*North Carolina
*Oklahoma<ref>Court invalidated it; "The law mandates that women receive an ultrasound within an hour of undergoing an abortion, and that the ultrasound technician turn the monitor towards the mother so she can see, and describe the unborn child." [http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2010/may/10050402]</ref>
*Oklahoma<ref>Court invalidated it; "The law mandates that women receive an ultrasound within an hour of undergoing an abortion, and that the ultrasound technician turn the monitor towards the mother so she can see, and describe the unborn child." [http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2010/may/10050402]</ref>
*Texas
*Texas