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What can I say, I’m not surprised. With Alito’s confirmation, this was pretty much going to be the only decision we saw handed down. The most disgusting part, the most frightening part, the most ridiculous part of this decision is that they made it without any considerations for a woman’s health. There is absolutely NO exceptions to this ruling: if a woman has a choice of dying or undergoing “partial-birth” abortion, she no longer has that choice. She has to die. You would think that even the most conservative person would want there to be an exception to this ruling for life or death circumstances.

The ramifications of this event are going to be severe.

Links for people who want to know more:
Information on the decision
Opinions and articles
AP story
Opinions of Presidential hopefuls

I think the most painful thing to read is that the Republican candidates for President support the decision made by the Supreme Court, even though it can potentially put a mother in danger. The Christian Right wants to raise live babies so they can go be dead soldiers (thank you, George Carlin) in their fruitless conquests that are motivated by exteremly ethnocentric reasons - not to mention to settle daddy’s squabble.

So - answer me this: if that fetus you saved at the cost of its mother’s life turns out to be gay, how much will you care about its rights then?

I think Obama said it best:
I strongly disagree with today’s Supreme Court ruling, which dramatically departs from previous precedents safeguarding the health of pregnant women. As Justice Ginsburg emphasized in her dissenting opinion, this ruling signals an alarming willingness on the part of the conservative majority to disregard its prior rulings respecting a woman’s medical concerns and the very personal decisions between a doctor and patient. I am extremely concerned that this ruling will embolden state legislatures to enact further measures to restrict a woman’s right to choose, and that the conservative Supreme Court justices will look for other opportunities to erode Roe v. Wade, which is established federal law and a matter of equal rights for women.