*Interesting battle in Michigan over a bill – opposed by Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm – to require abortion clinics to make ultrasound images available to mothers contemplating abortions, so they can see the baby before they decide it isn’t a human being worthy of being given a chance to live. Of course, the stickier issue would be the more intrusive step of requiring the clinic to show the images; if that’s not required, I doubt that many abortion mills would go out of their way to make the option known. What’s a little unclear from the article is whether most clinics already have ultrasound equipment (if not, this is an expensive new burden); I would think, given the nature of the business, that they would have to for safety purposes.
*I’ve been skeptical of claims that Robert Byrd is vulnerable, but this West Virginia blogger says polls show his likely Republican opponent is well-positioned to make it a real race. via Instapundit.
*Wizbang on the Left’s use of the heckler’s veto.
*Yes, the seedy lobbyist tied to Tom DeLay was also a big backer of Harry Reid, Tom Daschle, Patrick Kennedy and Dick Gephardt. Don’t the Democrats ever investigate these things before making these kinds of charges?
*Scrappleface has breaking scientific news.