Virtual Voices  Yes, really   The hysteria over the news that
the Virginia General Assembly is on the verge of passing a law
requiring women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound and
to have an opportunity to see the images went national over the
weekend.  Opponents of the bill have been complaining that to
find and monitor the heartbeat as the law requires, the
ultrasound may involve a "transvaginal" probe (rather than an
external abdominal procedure) because in early weeks the child
is still so small. This, say opponents, such as some protesters
at the Virginia Capitol who were quoted in a lengthy Associated
Press story over the weekend, is "state-mandated rape."  The AP
story was widely picked up across the country, Saturday Night
Live mentioned the Virginia ultrasound and "personhood" bills in
a "Really?" skit mocking conservative positions on abortion and
the Obama administration's birth control mandate, and today The
New York Times has a long, Section A piece on the ultrasound
controversy. Now th