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Forty years ago, the US Supreme Court decided in Roe v. Wade that states could not ban first-trimester abortions.
One of the problems with denialists is that they simply can't accept that science doesn't conform to their ideology.
The July 28 edition of the Lancet has a superb editorial about the need for legal and safe abortion in the developing world, particularly in Latin America (I've snipped parts; italics mine):
Inspired by this Jeffrey Feldman post, I'm putting together a post about abortion, evolution, and the dislike by some scientists of framing.
Let's just surrender the name "United States of America" and start calling it "Gilead" now to get ahead of the bandwagon...
That catches things perfectly, much to my dismay.
This is a good one. I think it's the similar picture with the Philippine Supreme court.
Here's the proper response: http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2007/04/a_chill_wind_fr.html
Ah, they're just returning America to its Judeo-Christian roots -- Just like Thomas Jefferson would have wanted.