Draw Breath

I'm in New England now. Boston is, um, somewhat cooler than Dallas, much to everyone's shock and surprise. I'm hanging around with Mel and we're both heading for a little work in New Hampshire in a little while.

Sarah Carey's latest Sunday Tribune column is well worth the read. I'm not particularly surprised at the line the High Court took - it seems like a fairly simple reading of the Constitution. But it does make a total nonsense of the equality indirectly granted to the unborn (by virtue of the clause on the 'equal rights of the mother'). That was always going to be nonsense but the D case simply casts the profound mess that it is into stark relief.

At the same time, I've more sympathy with politicians who are avoiding the issue. Putting this foolishness in the Constitution was divisive enough. Imagine the bitterness that would ensue from trying to remove it.

As is so often the case in politics, and much though politicians hate to say it, recognising the dimensions of a problem is not the same as formulating a solution. With this one, my guess is that we're stuck fast.