We cats used to live in Ohio. Boy, are we glad we moved.
Today, the Ohio Senate failed to override a veto by Governor John Kasich of a "heartbeat bill" that would have denied the state's women their Constitutional right to choose. But it was only by one vote, and as the jackass Senate President reminds everyone, next session the anti-woman Republicans will have a supermajority in the state legislature.
We find it hard to believe that the majority of people in the Buckeye State want that level of government interference in their personal lives. Nevertheless, the sword of Damocles continues to dangle over female Ohioans — and over countless women in other states of the union.
Meanwhile, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center yesterday. Talk about close votes — she ruled on Benedict Donald's asylum restrictions while she was hospitalized, resulting in a 5-4 smackdown. And with the Rapist Kavanaugh on the court now, what's to become of Roe v. Wade?
We can guarantee you that the anti-choice forces are already grooming court cases to send up to the SCOTUS so Roe can be struck down. And then women — and especially young women — all across America will have to decide what to do.
We cats are fixed, and therefore don't have to personally worry about Roe's fate. But we care anyway. Because a woman cannot be a free citizen unless she has the right to determine her reproductive destiny. With that in jeopardy, we HISS.
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