to a 2012 quote
from Todd Akin
apparently the body
does have "ways to try to shut
that whole thing down"
only in this case
that body
look a lot like
mostly-male House Republicans
and "that whole thing"
is Planned Parenthood
and perhaps the country's
life support system
including to some extent
their own
also known
as "the federal government"
on September 30.
Luckily Senate Democrats
had a way
to shut down
a bill that would have
banned abortion
after 20 weeks.
Pro-choice advocates
are less fearful
now that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
has scheduled a vote this Thursday
on a temporary spending measure
that would delay the shutdown
until December 11.
The measure is not expected
to have a rider
to defund Planned Parenthood
as the organization
has already received
all its allotted funding
until next April
and most Republicans
are trying a novel tack
and embracing logic.
Just like two years ago though
Ted Cruz
still seems a little "unchill"
so just in case
when the Pope visits Congress
His Holiness could dig in
to his latest store of contriteness
he has saved up
from those who terminated
their pregnancies
with such services
and get everybody
to shut up
(and perhaps even
consider caring about the lives
and resources
of people
older than a zygote).
This poem © 2015 Emily Cooper.
