so i usually do my daily morning news sweep at the al jazeera website and this morning i caught this article about abortion. initially this was one of the ideas i had for a project topic so stay tuned for lots more posts about this as i do more research. the al jazeera article is pretty short but here it is anyways:

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/97463D17-1089-4072-8EDB-995B3C67C5F4.htm [1]

<!-- TOKEN --> <!-- /TOKEN --> The ruling is seen as a victory for conservatives [AFP] A closely divided US Supreme Court has upheld the first nationwide ban on a specific abortion procedure. The ruling restricting abortion rights is one of the most divisive and politically charged issues facing the country. bodyVariable350="Htmlphcontrol1_lblError";   The ruling is a major victory for conservative forces in the United States, which have battled for decades to reverse the landmark 1973 Roe vs Wade law establishing a woman's legal right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. bodyVariable300="Htmlphcontrol2_lblError";   The five-to-four decision in a case challenging the constitutionality of a ban on what critics call "partial birth abortion" is a reflection of the impact of the recent addition to the US high court of two conservative justices appointed by George Bush, the US president. Abortion opponents condemn the procedure as infanticide, because the head and torso of the foetus is delivered intact while alive, but the foetus does not die until doctors extract its brain.