This is an important window into his views of women's rights to equality and self-determination, their rights to determine the course of their lives.

They threaten women's rights to reproductive freedom and choice. And they threaten the practice of medicine because they criminalize the doctor's work.

Now, the gauntlet has been, I think, thrown down.

Bush uses often the slogan of compassionate conservative to describe himself. But it hardly describes the record he has compiled as governor when it comes to ensuring women's reproductive health and rights. Last year alone, Governor Bush signed seven measures restricting rights, adding to the 11 provisions enacted in previous years.

We all would have liked to have a little rest after the election, but rest is not in the picture.

It is a pure sham. It is sponsored and promoted by those who want to take away a woman's right to choose.