JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: LAW AND REVULSION. Cynthia Gorney, who has done a lot of reporting on the abortion wars and on "partial-birth" abortion in particular, explains that, in order to understand the ramifications of last week's ruling in Gonzales v. Carhart, you have to understand certain details about this specific abortion method. Once Justice Kennedy understood these details, the "ick factor" was enough to make him overturn the legal precedent upholding women's health and autonomy. And with "ick" as the standard, there's no telling what other abortion methods he'd outlaw... --The Editors
