Abortion update

TIME's Nancy Gibbs divulges the secrets behind South Dakota's tough new law here.

The United State Conference of Catholic Bishops website on abortion has information here.

William Saletan, who covers science and technology for Slate, the online magazine at www.slate.com, writes in the Washington Post:

Five hundred years from now, people will look back on our surgical abortions the way we look back on the butchery of medieval barbers. Like the barbers, we're just trying to help people to the best of our ability. But our ability is growing. So should our wisdom, and our ambitions.

The entire article is here.