The Role of the Roberts Court

The Roberts Court has expressed its raison d’etre today by making it more difficult for women to get abortions. What an attack on our rights!

AP via Washington Post:

Supreme Court says Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act does not violate women’s constitutional rights.

Melissa at Shakesville says:

Five men—Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas—just decided that the health of every woman is America is worth less than a terminally ill fetus.

Joe at AMERICAblog says:

Obviously need more details, but this looks like a victory for the theocrats. They’ve got the Supreme Court they want now — and they won’t stop here. Yes, this means a woman’s right to choose is in peril. That’s the dream of Bush, his Republican party and the theocrats who support them.