The good news is that stem cell legislation may soon pass congress with a veto-proof majority. But since this is Give Up Blog, I would point out that in blue states like California the science is already on.

This post by Amanda at Pandagon provides a great Give Up point of view that will persist long after the political aspects of the blue/red divide become moot. That is, red states will continue to suck, and lose the wealthy and interesting young people to enclaves of blue around the country because, guess what, young liberal educated types (even ones that vote Republican) don't want to live in oppressed, woman-hating, gay-fearing backwaters with no restaurants, no culture and nothing but Walmart and billboards.

But back to the pro-life crap, can we put this movement to bed yet? They can't win in South Dakota for Jebus' sake, and does they even really want to succeed? Just look at this BBC article on the health disaster that is illegal abortions resulting from bans, or the unbelievable crap that goes on in central/south American countries like Nicaragua as a result of these total abortion bans. They won't even operate on ectopic pregnancies! This is totally freaking crazy.