Women Are Not Livestock

 These farm animals may be female but they are not adult human females who are capable of making decisions about their bodies without intervention by the government.... the mostly male, mostly white, mostly old government.

Apparently, Wyoming will do anything to get their abortion bill passed, including assigning the bill to the Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Committee. To catch up with what has happened in Wyoming, see the progression here:

1) Wyoming House rejects abortion billl  (it required doctors to offer ultrasound images to patients)
2) Wyoming lawmakers consider new abortion bill 
3) House passes abortion ultrasound legislation

These links were provided on The Maddow Blog, who received the following email update from Representative Lisa Shepperson, rancher and mother-to-be:

After passing the House…..HB – 251 has been passed to the Wyoming Senate and has been assigned to our Standing Committee – Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources!! Yes….our Ag Committee!! Now, we realize that sometimes bills get assigned to strange committees due to work load, etc, but that is NOT the case here. It has been assigned to this committee to try to make SURE it comes out and goes to the floor.

Needless to say, Sue and I and quite a few other women legislators are furious! I guess maybe some of these men think we are livestock!?!?! I am a 5th generation rancher and am used to dealing with livestock and the issues with them….so it will be an interesting committee hearing for me. By the way, Sue is also a rancher….both her and I have spent our lives on issues dealing with ag. We just never dreamed we'd be in the Ag Committee dealing with this issue. We are strategizing now….trying to decide if we should show up to the Committee Meeting with our cow-bells on and mooing! The bill is tentatively scheduled to be heard on Thursday afternoon, upon adjournment.

We just wanted to update you on the status of this ridiculousness. Thank you for your time.

Aye, yi, yi, yi, yi! Or, should I say, baaaa, baaaa, baaaa, baaaa!