Obama's Carbon Cutting Plan & Supreme Court Response

Today, Obama unvieled his plan to reduce carbon emissions. He plans to raise standards on automobile fuel and increase research into alternative, renewable fuel sources. In addition, Obama issued the following statement regarding the recent Supreme Court decision restriting abotion.

"I strongly disagree with today's Supreme Court ruling, which dramatically departs from previous precedents safeguarding the health of pregnant women. As Justice Ginsburg emphasized in her dissenting opinion, this ruling signals an alarming willingness on the part of the conservative majority to disregard its prior rulings respecting a woman's medical concerns and the very personal decisions between a doctor and patient. I am extremely concerned that this ruling will embolden state legislatures to enact further measures to restrict a woman's right to choose, and that the conservative Supreme Court justices will look for other opportunities to erode Roe v. Wade, which is established federal law and a matter of equal rights for women."

The Presidential election in 2008 determines more than who controls the executive branch: it determines who which ideology will control the Supreme Court. Women's rights, along with many other key freedoms, are hanging in the balance.