Court V. Women

It didn't take long. Yesterday the Supreme Court jumped at the chance to review the federal law banning late term abortions that was struck down by lower courts because it provides no exception for endangering the woman's life or health.

Anti-choice forces were jubilant, literally smelling blood--the blood of women who could be permanently damaged or have their lives threatened by this law. And with good reason, because it's unlikely the court would have jumped at the first chance it got unless there were enough votes to overturn lower court rulings.

The difference the last time was Sandra Day O'Connor. Replaced about five minutes ago by Scalito the Silent, and with a new chief justice in John Roberts (whose bio was mistitled "Bob Roberts" when Tim Robbins made it into a movie), the bloodthirsty rabid right can't wait for the raw meat to be thrown their way at last.