Partial Ban Abortion is Banned

History was made today as our Supreme Court upheld the first ever ban on abortion, specifically partial-birth abortion.  The ruling was upheld by a bitterly divided 5-4 decision.  As you might have expected, Bush's two appointees were with the majority on this one.

The SF Gate says:

Today's ruling may signal the court's willingness to uphold additionalrestrictions, such as state laws requiring a woman to be told that herfetus is a human being, and proposed federal legislation finding thatabortion causes pain to fetuses.

Just about everyone has weighed in on this as you might expect.

Hillary Clinton:

It is precisely this erosion of our constitutional rights that I warnedagainst when I opposed the nominations of Chief Justice Roberts andJustice Alito.

Barack Obama:

...this ruling signals an alarming willingness on the part of theconservative majority to disregard its prior rulings respecting awoman’s medical concerns and the very personal decisions between adoctor and patient.

John Edwards:

The ban upheld by the Court is an ill-considered and sweepingprohibition that does not even take account for serious threats to thehealth of individual women.

And of course the Republican Presidential candidates are overjoyed by the move.  Rather than quote them (they all say the same thing), you can read all about it at Breitbart (sorry, I know it's a conservative page, but that's where the info is.)