To the barricades!

Joshua Marshall, Armando at Daily Kos, Atrios, and Kate Cambor at TPM Cafe are all in agreement: now that O'Connor's retired, for the first time in a long time, Roe v. Wade is in real danger.

Women's access to birth control, whether in the form of effective contraception or legalized abortion, is responsible for more profound and positive social change than any other development in this century. And as the debate over emergency contraception shows, the fight has always been about control over the bodies of daughters and sisters and wives, not about fetal life.

So I'm adding a blog to the blogroll today, and putting it right on top for all to read: Bush v. Choice. The blog is sponsored by NARAL and run by Jessica of Feministing.