And they said it would never happen.

Then along came two consecutive supreme court nominations for Shrub Jr., and the next thing you know the Supreme Court is wiping its shitty old feet on women's rights. Fuck you, supreme court!

That said, hear hear:

From: Planned Parenthood Date: Apr 18, 2007 8:25 PM

Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a disastrous decision for women's health and safety. A 5-4 majority turned its back on more than 30 years of Supreme Court decisions that protected women's health from dangerous laws that restrict abortion.

It's time to tell every politician who thinks the Supreme Court’s reckless decision is a green light to endanger women’s health: We won’t let you get away with it! Sign our Planned Parenthood pledge right now.

We are outraged by this Supreme Court ruling that has brought about a seismic shift on reproductive freedom. The court told women that, with their health at risk during a pregnancy, deciding what to do is no longer up to them and their doctors. The Bush Supreme Court has let politicians come barging into that most personal of decisions.

No woman in America is safe from that intrusion. And women in states where anti-choice legislators are tripping over themselves to take advantage of the court’s unprincipled actions are in the most immediate jeopardy. Send a powerful message right now. Make clear that you won’t let any court or any politician put women’s health and safety at risk. Sign our Planned Parenthood pledge now.

Please re-post this bulletin!

Don't like my tone? Eat me.

Comments

[Joseph]

I like your tone. Nay, love it.

My problem now is a general, slow-burning rage that we're not seeming to do more than pledges. Now, not "we" as in "you", but "we" as in "pro-choicers/progressives/liberals/human beings/what have you". You know, when Bush nominated these two jerkfaces for the court - Roberts and Alito - I remember distinctly taking part in conference calls with other bloggers and the leaders of groups like People for the American Way and NARAL. I thought so much was going to happen, that we'd mount a real fight. Sadly, and in decisions like yesterday's, it didn't happen.

It's clear that this court and the Republicans won't rest until women are pushed well past second-class citizenship and into an unnecessary grave. The moral of news like yesterday's: You fuck, you die. What to do now? I'm not sure. But damn it, what we've done so far has done shit.

I need to cool off, obviously.

PS: Listening to the Alberto Gonzales testimony is not going to help that happen.