Jill beat me to the punch on Scott’s American Prospect article (damn that time difference and Jill’s reserves of youthful energy!), but I wanted to point out that Scott’s is not the only article in the issue of 7/5/06 on the subject of abortion politics.
Helena Silverstein and Wayne Fishman take a look at Justice Kennedy, who’s now the swing vote on the Supreme Court, and likely to both keep Roe standing and hollow it out at the same time.
(Scott’s got some links to some of Silverstein’s work on the on-the-ground impact of parental notification statutes as well as his previous discussion about her research.)
And Allison Stevens examines the state of abortion rights across the country, why in many places the picture hasn’t changed much since 1973, and what the pro-choice movement has (or hasn’t) done about it.
I plan on doing some posting about these articles, and a little more on Scott’s piece, but I encourage you to pick up a copy of the American Prospect at the newsstand or subscribe through the website to read the issue. Apparently, the powers that be had to be “gently” persuaded to put together a reproductive freedoms package (proving Scott’s point?) and it would be helpful to be able to show that this is an issue that will sell magazines.
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