Looks like a big abortion case will go back before the Supreme Court for the first time since Planned Parenthood v. Casey. This is thanks to foaming-at-the-mouth Republican legislators in Texas, who are doing everything in their power to keep a Constitutional right literally out of the reach of women by forcing most of the clinics in the vast Lone Star State to close.
How are they accomplishing this? By a dastardly tactic that Ken "My Fetus Is Better Than Your Born Woman" Cuccinelli tried to do here in Virginia — but which, thank goodness, Governor McAuliffe and other statewide Democrats are rolling back: enacting regulations that require abortion clinics to be as elaborately outfitted as hospitals.
"We're doing this for women's safety! We're doing this for women's health!" they bleat.
We cats say, piffle.
If the Republicans are so worried about women's health and safety, that concern would surely show up in their overall legislative record, right? But somehow, outside of abortion, which they hatehatehate, we're not seeing any GOP interest in or concern for women's welfare.
For example, where's the Republican-backed legislation for:
- Maternal and infant health clinics for underserved populations?
- Maternal nutrition programs for the poor?
- Tuition forgiveness, scholarship, residency and fellowship programs to encourage OB/GYNs or ARNPs to practice in poor, rural areas?
- Breast cancer screening programs?
- Subsidized access to birth control?
- Sensible, science-based programs on sex ed and birth control in middle schools and high schools?
- Support for FMLA? For equal pay?
So, mendacious members of the not-so-Grand Old Party, we cats call you out on this. And we dump a thousand dirty litter boxes in your underwear drawers. And, of course, HISS.
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