Abortion is no longer the issue. That has been my personal growing feeling for some time, and I am happy to see this confirmation in the NYT. No matter what happens, we can never put the right to abortion back into the back-alley closet. It just will not go quietly into the night and stay hidden. I am sure that even the right wing pro-lifers know this, and all but the true cult followers know that their ride on the red herring of abortion politics is coming to an end. Of course, you can see this in the new emphasis on same sex marriage, immigration, and english only, among other issues. What's next? I wish I knew.
Abortion Might Outgrow Its Need for Roe v. Wade - New York Times: "Even if the court restricts or eliminates the right to an abortion, the often-raised specter of a return to back-alley abortions is not likely to be realized, said Dr. Beverly Winikoff, president of Gynuity Health Services, a nonprofit group that supports access to abortion. 'The conditions that existed before 1973 were much different than what they are in 2005,' she said. 'We have better antibiotics now and better surgical treatments.' "