Surely there will be much arguing over, boasting about, and railing against the Supremes' decision yesteday to uphold the constitutionality of banning "partial-birth" abortions. This is both a major and minor victory for the anti-abortion crowd. Major, in that this opinion cannot be appealed to a higher court, and is therefore law of the land. Major also in that it further curtails abortion practice. However, this is also only one finite step on a very long journey ahead in reversing Rowe v. Wade, making it a minor victory in that sense. It's minor also in the fact that it ceases what surely is one of the lesser practiced methods. The vast majority of abortions are still available to be employed. But, all storms begin with a first drop of rain.
One might see this as the greatest positive and lasting accomplishment of the current Whitehouse administration, even if the Iraq situation were to end up exceeding anyone's wildest hopes. As seen purely from a standpoint of lives saved, it would be interesting to see which would be the greater accomplishment.
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