The law passed by the Republican-controlled legislature last spring required women seeking abortions in Florida to make two visits to a clinic, with a mandatory 24-hour waiting period in between. Many states have adopted such laws as conservatives seek to chip away at the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision to legalize abortion.

"Chip away." You know, what I find to be the most disgusting thing about the anti-abortion lobby, apart from their calling themselves, revoltingly, "pro-life", is the way they seek to chip away. To make life more difficult for women. To place as many obstacles as possible in the way whilst simultaneously getting the time limit reduced. They claim the moral high ground, they use raw emotion to make their case instead of making rational points. It's all about tactics and it's all so bloody immoral. If you think abortion's wrong, say so, campaign for its outright abolition, no exceptions, and do the honest thing. I would hate their guts for doing that but at least I could respect their straightforwardness. But tactics? Chipping away? That's just disreputable and dishonest. Campaigning for twenty weeks, or two doctors, or mandatory delays, is campaigning for things they don't believe in. These are incredibly nasty people, make no mistake.