When will Dad catch a break?

This is, bar none, the most insipid, inane, and inept analysis of a jurist's decision (or in this case, opposition) that I've yet seen. Proudly opines the author in his installation of himself as Senator in a mock confirmation hearing for Judge Samuel Alito,

What I'd like to know is, why do you think it's constitutional to treat a pregnant woman like a child?

I'm referring, of course, to your dissent in Planned Parenthood v. Casey 14 years ago. As you know, that case involved a Pennsylvania statute that required women to notify their husbands before having abortions, on pain of criminal sanctions. You voted to uphold the statute.

He continues,

Now, here's my question, Judge. Do you really think an undue burden for a grown woman is the same as an undue burden for a teenager? Do you think a woman deserves no more deference than a girl?

Saletan's analysis leads me to wonder of his history with marriage and family. He would seem to have little respect for the notion of fatherhood.