Here is the text of the decision. If you haven't already read it I strongly encourage you to do so.

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/06pdf/05-380.pdf

Too many people are arguing from positions of ignorance on this topic.

Myths:

• Abortion has been banned ( Read more... )

The "squeamish" need not apply.

And by "squeamish", the abortion on demand crowd apparently means people who believe in medical ethics.

Because, don't you know, medicine is "gross" and things like "ethics" and "morality" don't apply when it comes to anything a (pregnant) woman "chooses" to do.

We've seen medicine without morality. It is beyond ( Read more... )

How long has it been since the New York Times had truly great writers or thinkers? It certainly hasn't been in my lifetime.

Their canned response to the Virginia Tech tragedy (posted mere hours after it happened and before the facts had come out) and now their response to the latest Supreme Court ruling on abortion demonstrates that their ( Read more... )

When it comes to abortion, of course.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court's conservative majority upheld a nationwide ban Wednesday on a controversial abortion procedure in a decision that sets the stage for additional restrictions on a woman's right to choose.
Hmmmm. Or I suppose some could say that this sets the stage for additional protections ( Read more... )

In a previous post I mentioned that the Supreme Court could hear a case that might have a profound impact on abortion laws.

The Supreme Court, however, has declined to hear the case.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned aside the case of Sandra Cano, one of the women behind the legalization of abortion, who had sought to reverse ( Read more... )

Some big news on the abortion issue. Both original plaintiffs in the "Roe" and "Doe" cases that set the stage for the landmark Supreme Court ruling in 1973 have recanted and asked that their cases be reheard.

In the "Doe" case the woman claims that she was coerced into the lawsuit and that her signature on an affidavit was forged.
"I am 99 ( Read more... )

Because a woman's right to abuse (her body and any "potential life") is at risk!
New federal guidelines ask all females capable of conceiving a baby to treat themselves -- and to be treated by the health care system -- as pre-pregnant, regardless of whether they plan to get pregnant anytime soon.
But wait, the following sounds pretty reasonable, ( Read more... )

Note: "some situations" means any (including the life of the mother), not just the ones listed. LJ will not let you edit polls....

Poll Abortion: Changes in store?

Judging from the hysterical reaction of the left, President Bush's nomination of John Roberts to be an associate Supreme Court Justice is the end of the world...at least for women ( Read more... )

Well, that is the claim made by the likes of Hillary Clinton (I told you she is already running for President as a conservative!) and Howard Dean.

However, as most of us already knew, that claim was a lie. Now Factcheck.org confirms that it is a lie:
Politicians from Hillary Clinton and John Kerry to Howard Dean have recently contended that ( Read more... )