Ridicule helped doom Va. ultrasound bill

But Jarding warned: "When the female anatomy becomes a policy term in your state and the governor is the guy identified with that, that's not where you want to be."

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Associated Press Writers David Crary in New York and Chris Tomlinson in Austin, Texas, contributed to this story.

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