This sort of thing is the beginning of what I think will be the real legacy of the Bush Administration. From Reuters:

Court upholds law banning some abortions

WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - A closely divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the first nationwide ban on a specific abortion procedure, restricting abortion rights in a ruling on one of the nation’s most divisive and politically charged issues.

By a 5-4 vote, the high court rejected arguments challenging on various grounds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act that President George W. Bush signed into law in 2003 after its approval by the Republican-led U.S. Congress.

The decision marked the first time the nation’s high court has upheld a federal law banning a specific abortion procedure since its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973 that women have a basic constitutional right to abortion.

In a defeat for abortion rights advocates, the court majority with two Bush appointees upheld the law adopted after nine years of hearings and debate. The law has never been enforced because of court challenges.

So there you go. Bush’s guys vote along Bush’s line, and the president claims another political victory in practically the only place that ever gives them to him. The Supreme Court. I think I know a few conservative justices who can expect another mighty impressive fruit basket sometime soon. (Helpful Tip For The President’s Secretary: John Roberts likes Kiwi)