More on the SCOTUS Ruling

NARAL Pro-Choice New York is holding a Rally at Union Square Park, South End at 5:30pm in response to Bu$h's stacked SCOTUS decision.

Feminist Law Profs on the scariest line in Kennedy's opinion.

For background on the fight over the "partial birth" abortion ban, see Cynthia Gorney's piece, "Gambling with Abortion" (Harper's, November 2004). I think it's the best in-depth article ever written about abortion politics.

More recently, Scott Lemieux explained why this case matters. (He also warned us that Alito's confirmation pretty much guaranteed results like today's decision.) No Shit.















The Center for Reproductive Rights (via ACSBlog) speculates as to what this means for the future of women's health.

Bean writes about what a motherfucker Kennedy is.

Dana Goldstein notices that as of 12pm, this story had yet to be major news on CNN. While it is understood that Virginia and the rest of the nation mourn the victims of VT, other news is still occurring.

NYT has all the candidates' statements.