Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are lending their ever-diminishing drawing power to a good cause tonight when they headline Planned Parenthood of NYC's annual fundraising benefit at the Bowery Ballroom.

The show will also feature sets from future Bowery headliners Ra Ra Riot and just recent Bowery headliners Au Revoir Simone.

The show takes place on the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court declaring that most laws against abortion were unconstitutional. Roe v Wade was never the strongest legal case, it's actually a rather weak decision, but the implications of the decision have obviously had a profound effect on politics at a variety of levels, but more importantly, it had an effect on people -- millions of people who, before their rights were recognized, could or would have been forced by the government to give up control over a choice that is among the most important, personal, and private in all of life. It is one of the most important rights a person has (and should have) in this country, and it is in constant danger of being abrogated.

This is why Presidential elections are so important. It is the President's job to appoint justices to the Supreme Court. Justices who we can only hope would uphold laws like Roe v Wade. President Bush was able to slant the court to the right with his two appointments ano now women's health rights are in danger. Think about that when you go to vote.........