Sometimes justice prevails. My friend was sued by a bitter resentful ex-employer who was angry that she had exposed him as a liar. In spite of his deep pockets, and her inability to afford an attorney, she won the case. Last night at the victory celebration, I savored the fact that the judge did the right thing.

Well this morning I find the voters of California did the right thing too. We have agreed that people who get pregnant have the right to decided what to do without anyone's interference. The people in this case are minors, and the conservatives hoped to play on our belief that we need to control the minds of the young even though logically someone who is old enough to get pregnant has clearly entered the ranks of adults in an undeniable fundamental biological way.

Unsurprisingly the vote was split between the heartland of California and we callous fruits and nuts on the coast. Take a look at the map: http://vote2005.ss.ca.gov/Returns/prop/mapR073.htm. If it weren't for Los Angeles and San Francisco, young women around this state would now be even more disempowered and silenced than they already are.

Thank goodness for patriotic Americans who know the difference between civil liberty and tyranny. Let's hope we can keep this momentum going as Bush stacks the Supreme Court with men who like to control people.