reproductive freedom
I would say that I'm responding to Darleen Click's arguments about this post, except that she doesn't actually have any arguments. Does she propose a different way of restricting post-viability.
This year's Blog For Choice question: Given the anti-choice gains in the states and Congress, are you concerned about choice in 2011? The answer, of course, is "absolutely." The practical.
And the European Court of Justice delivers! Actually, this is only very modestly good news -- no Roe or Morgentaler -- as Ireland's draconian ban on most abortions will remain.
There are some circumstances in which late-term abortions are necessary, but only a few people will provide them. To some anti-choicers, one is too many: In response to Carhart's move.
Colorado "fetal personhood" amendment goes down in flames. This illustrates that abortion is like federal spending cuts; criminalizing abortion requires focusing on the abstract rather than the specific. "Pro-lifers" can.
Sarah Palin is always wrong about everything. (Unfortunately, in this case.)
The New, Improved Will Saletan notes that the American public officials who support criminaizing abortion are unprincipled, offering justifications that are completely incohrent. I could quibble that this set of.
Alas, a large number of states still seem to have not received Ross Douthat's memo about how no restrictions on abortion are permitted in the United States.