Justice is finally served in Whichita, Kansas.

Scott Roeder was convicted of first degree murder for killing Dr. George Tiller at Reformation Lutheran Church. He also was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault for threatening to shoot church ushers Keith Martin and Gary Hoepner as he fled the scene of the crime.
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Hot off the Congressional record, here are the names of the 65 democrats who thought it made sense to throw women under the proverbial Health Care Reform bus for the sake of getting the bill into conference.

These Democrats voted for the Stupak-Pitts amendment which would:

• Prohibit individuals who receive the affordability tax credits from purchasing a private insurance plan that covers abortion, despite the fact that a majority of health insurance plans currently cover abortion.
• Result in a de facto ban on private insurance companies providing abortion coverage in the health insurance exchange, since the vast majority of participants would receive affordability tax credits.
• Prohibit the public option from providing abortion care, despite the fact that it would be funded through private premium dollars.

The names of these champions of women's rights are found after the jump:
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Why would anybody call Kim Gandy and especially NOW a sell-out to the feminist movement. Oh right, this is the same Kim Gandy and somewhat same NOW (as in NOW-PAC) which decided to do the incredibly rare presidential candidate endorsement and go for Obama-Biden instead of McCain-Palin.

The New Agenda may have a seemingly level-headed and non-partisan spokesperson in Amy Siskind --who seems to get way more air-time on FOXNEws, CNN, MSNBC and prime-time news shows as the go-to feminist than all the executive directors of Planned Parenthood, NOW and NARAL combined. The truth is, "The New Agenda" wants feminists to endorse ANY WOMEN CANDIDATES even if they push anti-women government policies like Sarah Palin. If not, they're called traitors and smeared first in the blogosphere and, mark my words, later on mainstream media.

That's why they're trying to derail Kim Gandy's candidacy as Director of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau. Here's the email Amy Siskind sent out to her bloggers so they could get ready on the offensive :
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Planned Parenthood has sent out an email specifically outlining why Sarah Palin is NOT the choice for women. Here is the text:

Dear Sarah Palin,

You are not our candidate.

You are not our candidate because you required women in Wasilla to pay for their own medical examinations after being raped.

You are not our candidate because you do not support a woman's right to choose, even in the case of rape or incest.

You are not our candidate because you've cut funding for teen moms and comprehensive sex education, while promoting failed abstinence-only programs.

You are not our candidate because, as vice president — a heartbeat away from the presidency — you would jeopardize health care for women everywhere.

We are teachers, doctors, athletes, programmers, artists, lawyers, secretaries, CEOs, students, designers, nurses, factory workers, mothers, and fathers. We are conservatives and liberals, Democrats and Republicans, country and city people. We are women and men. We are voters. We are the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

We believe in a woman's right to choose and the right of every person to have access to complete reproductive health care. We are hundreds of thousands strong, and we are doing everything we can to make sure you are not elected.

You are not our candidate.
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I came in just in time to watch Hillary Clinton give her endorsement to Barack Obama. It was an interesting speech. She never talked about losing, she talked about the disappointment of not getting the nomination. She also didn't talk about Obama's legitimate win, she only mentioned his victory.

I was on Twitter writing about the speech and I have to say I am relieved she finally said the words a lot of us wanted to hear 2 months ago : that is time to come together and support Obama.

I thought it was gracious and I also noticed that she kept on repeating at the end "we need to help elect barack obama our president" , almost as if she repeated it seven times herself she would truly and honestly embrace it.

I was also taken aback by her late realization that she became a woman who ran for president as opposed to being a candidate who happened to be a woman. I've always said that Hillary Clinton never struck me as a feminist, but as one of the millions of middle class white women who benefitted from the equal opportunity policies that came after the Civil Rights and Women's Rights movements.

Yet this campaign seems to have made her a born-again feminist :
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DFL Women's Hall of Fame Luncheon
May 31, 2008
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m
St Paul Hotel
St Paul

Event info: Al Franken will be attending this event celebrating this year's honorees into the DFL Women's Hall of Fame. For more information, email womenshalloffame_at_yahoo.com