PA Gov: “if you don’t like having to undergo a mandatory ultrasound just close your eyes”

The Governor of Pennsylvania, Republican Tom Corbett, had this comment defending a bill in his state that would require a woman seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound:

The bill was shelved in March, but may appear later in that state’s legislative session.

Lis Smith, spokeswoman for the Obama 2012 campaign, had this prepared statement:

Governor Corbett joins a long list of far-right wing Republicans working to systematically undermine women’s health care and economic security that Mitt Romney has embraced. From Senator Roy Blunt, who sponsored legislation that would allow bosses to deny women coverage for contraception and other health services based on their political beliefs, to Governor Scott Walker — Mitt Romney’s ‘hero’ — who restricted Wisconsin women’s ability to enforce in court their right to equal pay, Mitt Romney has consistently cast his lot against American women. And today, he adds the support of Corbett, who has sought to force women to undergo ultrasounds before receiving abortions and even dismissed concerns about the procedure by saying that women could ‘close their eyes’ during it. Coming just one day after Mitt Romney refused to say whether he would have signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, this endorsement speaks volumes about his commitment to women.