"A Huge Blow for Women"

The Associated Press is covering the closing of an Alabama abortion mill that nearly killed an 8-months-pregnant woman by giving her RU-486 instead of having her seek immediate care for her dangerouly high blood pressure.

In its coverage, the AP notes that the head of the Montgomery chapter of the National Organization for Women considered the closure of this dangerous place, "a huge blow for women."

So, closing down a place that will kill you by attempting to abort a near-term infant instead of treating life-threatening health problems is "a huge blow for women."

Insisting that women are entitled to medical care, not just having abortion pills handed out like trick-or-treat candy, is "a huge blow for women."

Yes, Ms. Sabel, the NOW chick, concedes that "women must be protected" and that abortion clinics should "abide by the rules." But still, it's "a huge blow for women" when the state actually takes action to protect women. Sabel said that the clnic's decision to close its doors was "very unfortunate." Not that what the woman went through was "very unfortunate." Not that the death of a near-term infant was "very unfortunate." No -- the fact that a dangerous abortion mill shut its doors is "very unfortunate."

Where are this woman's priorities? To have one less den of quackery endangering women is "very unfortunate," and "a huge blow for women" in her estimation.

I guess as long as she, personally, isn't the woman who nearly lost her life, it's "a huge blow for women" to shut down the clinic. "Very unfortunate." As long as she, personally, isn't the one who thought she was having a six-week abortion and ended up delivering a macerated six-pound dead baby, it's "a huge blow for women" to shut down the clinic. "Very unfortunate."

The closing of this abortion mill was a huge blow, very unfortunate, for the people making their money there. It was a huge blow, very unfortunate, for the abortionist. But anybody who actually cares if women live or die recognizes the closure of an abortion mill as a huge victory for women.