The Supreme Court's Recent Rulings on California's Prop 12 and Reproductive Rights.

The US Supreme Court upheld California's Proposition 12, which bans the sale of pork from farms that confine pregnant pigs in "gestation crates." The pork industry argued that they had a constitutional right to sell meat from facilities that confine pigs in ways that are intolerable to the average consumer. The ruling is a win for animal welfare advocates, but the pigs' lives will still be confined in small spaces inconsistent with their needs as cognitively complex creatures. The decision may embolden animal protection groups to pursue bolder law reform projects.