There They Go Again

By Miss Kubelik

First, we cats want to know why Trent Franks has such a strange face. It looks unfinished. Did somebody throw acid on it? Or was he born prematurely, before it had a chance to fully form? Is that why he's such a Nazi on abortion?

Well, never mind. Franks's face doesn't matter nearly as much as the fact that his entire party, ignoring the electoral disaster that was 2012, is still going full-bore against women's reproductive freedom. The GOP-controlled House has just passed a nationwide abortion ban that would take effect at 20 weeks.

The bill has no chance of either passing the Senate or getting signed by the President, so this is just foolish political posturing. It also comes on the heels of the famous quitter from Alaska emerging from whatever padded cell she's been in and trying to style herself a libertarian, which is a laugh. Note to Republicans: True libertarians are in favor of abortion rights, because they believe (correctly) that whether or not you should reproduce is nobody's business but your own.

It's a mystery why the party of "smaller government" thinks otherwise. But it's also kind of chilling when you realize how captive to the War on Women the Republicans are. Especially when the present Supreme Court could vote 5-4 to overturn Roe v. Wade.

We cats are way past having Jeb! Bush describe us as "fertile" — and we're fixed to boot. So we're not worried for ourselves. But we're afraid that if cats younger than we are don't wake up and smell the coffee soon, they'll end up being forced to have kittens they don't want.

(IMAGE: See what we mean?)