We all hear about late term abortions or as Charles Canady (R-Fla) coined in 1995 “partial birth abortions”.  This November the 8th, the United States Supreme Court is going to be hearing a case where they will determine the constitutionality of the Partial-Birth Abortion Act of 2003.  This is an act “to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion”.  They are looking at to see if the act is invalid because it “lacks a health exception”, which Congress determined unnecessary to preserve the health of the mother, and then to see if it is unconstitutional for any other reasons that may arise.  The cases presented are Gonzales, Attorney General, v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., et al; and Gonzales, Attorney General, v. Carhart, et al.

Now that we have entered, or at least partially entered, the real world we hear so much about, we have to start balancing our own budgets. Similar to most college students, I suffer from two vices: alcohol and pizza. As the months go by, the pizza-booze fund slowly shrinks and I have to make adjustments. Our state’s budget works the same way. Legislators propose and enact a budget based on the money we have and what they feel the state will generate. As the months go by, they don’t always hit their projection- so they cut into their beer and pizza fund. Except with our state it is edjucation and healthcare.