In upholding the constitutionality of the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, the Supreme Court today gave voice not only to the humanity of the developing unborn child, but also to our ideals as a fundamentally humane society.
Justice Kennedy's opinion likewise demonstrated a measure of intellectual honesty in underscoring the notion that abortion rights are not "carte blanche". This decision, while clearly not sweeping, still clearly repudiates the notion that a woman has unlimited "rights" when it comes to the competing rights of a viable, developing unborn child to be subjected to this grisly barbaric procedure. For that matter, none of us have unlimited "rights" - my rights end where yours begin.
The Court also poked huge holes in the "health" exception arguments propagated by Carhart, et. al.
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I would love to hear what you think about the controversy surrounding Alberto Gonzales...do you think he had been acting in the interest of justice, or in the interest of President Bush? How do you respond to critics who say congress must force him out? Forget what all the other conservative leaders have been feeding the public--when you look at the core of the accusations against him, what does Kathy Banaszak think? :) (I love you mom!)
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