In light of the fact that John McCain thinks Roe v. Wade should be overturned and it looks like many people are actually going to vote for him, I thought I’d remind you why overturning Roe v. Wade is a very very bad idea.  I’ve written about it before, but this pre-Roe v. Wade doctor has an important perspective – he fixed the horrific damage caused by illegal abortions.

It is important to remember that Roe v. Wade did not mean that abortions could be performed. They have always been done, dating from ancient Greek days.

What Roe said was that ending a pregnancy could be carried out by medical personnel, in a medically accepted setting, thus conferring on women, finally, the full rights of first-class citizens — and freeing their doctors to treat them as such. [via abortionclinicdays]