Idaho Lawmaker Learns "When You Swallow A Pill, it Would Not End Up in the Vagina"

Recording of the Idaho House State Affairs Committee hearing on February 23, 2015. Rep. Vito Barbieri asks Dr. Julie Madsen a bizarre question during testimony on HB 154, legislation to put politicians in between women and doctors by restricting abortion access in Idaho. Barbieri: You mentioned the risk of colonoscopy - can that be done by drugs? Madsen: Mr. Chairman, Representative Barbieri - it cannot be done by drugs. It can however be done remotely, where you swallow a pill and this pill has a little camera and it makes its way through your intestines, and those images are uploaded to a doctor who is often thousands of miles away who then interprets that. Barbieri: Follow up - can this same procedure then be done in a pregnancy? Swallowing a camera and helping the doctor determine what the situation is-- Madsen: Mr. Chairman and Representative - it cannot be done in pregnancy, simply because when you swallow a pill, it would not end up in the vagina. Barbieri: Fascinating, that certainly makes sense, Doctor.