Today the Supreme Court of the United States decided that it is not important to allow a doctor to perform a procedure that can be in the best interest of a woman's health. This is a very sad day for women's reproductive health, indeed.
You can find the full text of the decision--and Ginsburg's eloquent dissent--on the website of the Center for Reproductive Rights. I would strongly encourage you to read both the Court's decision and the dissent before reading much more in the mainstream media. The decision and dissent are telling.
The Court's decision makes it very clear they are opening the floodgates for an assault on the right to abortion and reproductive choice in this country. That Justice Kennedy can actually espouse the medically-inaccurate theory that abortion causes depression and serious long-term health issues for women is shocking and scary.
I just read through about 100 posts on the NYT website regarding the decision.
Why is no one in these posts talking about women forced to make what is, for many, a tragic decision? What of the woman who desperately wants her child, only to find it is horribly deformed? In those cases an intact D&E is the only way the doctor can perform an autopsy--so she is informed before she tries to conceive again. Don't think this never happens--I have family who faced this wrenching choice. Where is the discussion of the woman who wants her child but is medically unable to carry to term? Our highest court has ruled that acting in the best interest of women's heath is not important. This is a tragic day.
If you are looking to do something with your anger in the aftermath, here are some groups working to protect choice and women's health in this country:
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Center for Reproductive Rights
NARAL Pro-Choice America
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