This week Arizona struck another blow in the fight to protect the unborn.

According to the pro-abortion lobby, the new legislation, signed by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, works to "creates barriers, increases costs and denies access to services and providers to women who seek abortion care."

In my opinion, that is good news.

This legislation is a long time in coming, and it's full of plain-sense steps -- the sort of guidelines even those who allow for abortions should be able to get behind: a one-day waiting period, parental notification for minors seeking abortion, doctor's disclosure about the risks and alternatives.

But even changes this straightforward had been stonewalled by Democratic former Gov. Janet Napolitano, recently promoted to lead the Department of Homeland Security, who vetoed the same legislation when it reached her desk.

To her mind, it seems, we should make people wait before purchasing a hunting rifle, but dare not ask the same consideration before taking an unborn life. Our children can't be given aspirin from the school nurse without our sign-off, but who even needs to know about the impact of a life-altering abortion? Continued...