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While Dubya signed into law the ban on “partial-birth” abortion this week, I found myself repeating the president’s words. There is a photograph of Bush posted on the National Abortion Rights Action League website; nine other white, male colleagues circle around him like a big, happy, arch-conservative family, and Dubya’s grinning like it’s Christmas. This photograph paired with Bush’s stirring quote brings home the dreariness of our current political situation...
Silly me, despite the dire warnings from pro-choice spokespersons about how the “partial-birth” abortion ban tears at the fabric of Roe v. Wade, I wasn’t too worried about the new legislation. I knew that “partial-birth” abortions were pretty rare, and so it all seemed like a hollow victory for the pro-life lobby. That was until I read the fine print. There is one exception built into the ban—doctors are allowed to perform the operation if the pregnancy puts the woman?...
...coalition of law schools and professors seeking to limit military recruiters’ access to campuses won a partial victory Wednesday evening when a federal judge ruled that the group has sufficient legal standing to continue its suit against the Pentagon...
...fraternity acquired partial ownership of 43-45 Mt. Auburn St., the longtime headquarters of the now-defunct Pi Eta Speakers Club...
...that is true, why go through the exercise? For one thing, social conservatives feel that passing the bill--which prohibits certain abortions after partial delivery of the fetus--will give a needed boost to Bush's conservative base. But there may be another calculation. By passing a measure that seems likely to be struck down by the current court, they are increasing pressure on the President to nominate a strongly antiabortion candidate for the next Supreme Court vacancy--particularly if it's the seat of Sandra Day O'Connor, who voted with the majority in 2000. "All it would take...