--- title: "What's Scarier, Creepy Cats or an Uneducated Congress? Take the Quiz!" date: 2012-10-31T20:10:20-04:00 author: OBOS Admin canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/whats-scarier-creepy-cats-or-congress-take-the-womens-health-quiz" section: Blog (Archive) --- [Donate](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/donate) [From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# What's Scarier, Creepy Cats or an Uneducated Congress? Take the Quiz! By Rachel Walden • October 31, 2012 Please note: This entry -- originally posted at [Our Bodies, Our Blog](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog) -- has not been updated since the publication date listed above. **by Rachel Walden & Christine Cupaiuolo** This Halloween, ask yourself: Which is scarier -- Furry creatures that scamper in the night? Or a Congress ignorant of how reproduction and women's bodies work? Unsure? Take a quick quiz to find out which frightens you more! **1. (A) Possessed Vampire Kitty** [![Possessed Vampire Kitty](https://assets.ourbodiesourselves.org/images/blog-archive/black-vampire-kitty1-324x300.jpg "Possessed Vampire Kitty")](http://www.flickr.com/photos/opacity/451271087/) **OR** ****(**B)** Legislators [claiming that](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/us/politics/todd-akin-provokes-ire-with-legitimate-rape-comment.html "Todd Akin. Of course.") pregnancy from "legitimate rape" is really rare because women's bodies can just "shut that whole thing down," and suggesting that pregnancies resulting from rape are "[something that God intended to happen](http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/10/republican-senate-candidate-says-rape-pregnancies-are-gift-god/58282/ "Richard Mourdock: Pregnancies a 'Gift from God'?")." **2. **(**A) Golden-Eyed Vampire Kitty** [![Golden-Eye Vampire Kitty](https://assets.ourbodiesourselves.org/images/blog-archive/vampire-kitty2.jpg "Golden-Eye Vampire Kitty")](http://www.flickr.com/photos/digidave/1553172031/) **OR** ****(**B**)**** A [member of Congress believing](http://www.wbez.org/news/duckworth-walsh-agree-foreign-policy-differ-abortion-final-debate-103258 "Rep. Joe Walsh: Life of the woman is not an exception") that thanks to "modern technology and science, you can’t find one instance” of abortion being necessary to protect the health or save the life of the mother. **3. **(**A**)** Fork-Tongued Vampire Kitty** [![Forked Tongue Vampire Kitty](/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/vampire-tongue-kitty1-443x300.jpg "Forked Tongue Vampire Kitty")](http://www.flickr.com/photos/pump937/64501851/) **OR** ****(**B**)**** Forcing women to undergo unnecessary and medically unwarranted procedures, such as a transvaginal ultrasound, in order to obtain an abortion [[HR 3805](http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.112hr3805 "Ultrasound Informed Consent Act")]. (If you're in Pennsylvania and you don't want to view the images, [just close your eyes](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/tom-corbett-ultrasound-bill-pennsylvania_n_1348801.html "Gov. Tom Corbett")!) **4. **(**A**)** Lord Cattula** [![Lord Cattula](/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/lord-cattula1-423x300.jpg "Lord Cattula")](http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgatto/1629512558/) **OR** ****(**B**)**** Holding a Congressional hearing on contraception with [no women present](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rep-darrell-issa-bars-minority-witness-a-woman-on-contraception-2/ "Rep. Darrell Issa Bars Minority Witness, a Woman, on Contraception")? [![From left, Reverend William E. Lori, Roman Catholic Bishop of Bridgeport, Conn., Reverend Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, President, The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, C. Ben Mitchell, Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy Union University, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, Director Straus Center of Torah and Western Thought, Yeshiva University and Craig Mitchell, Associate Professor of Ethics of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, testify on Capitol Hill. | AP Photo](/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/all-male-hearing-450x243.jpg "All-Male Contraception Hearing")](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73005.html) If you consistently selected "B," then you're more scared of misinformed policy and inaccurate statements about how women's bodies work! **What can you do to change the conversation and protect yourself from misinformation? [Join the Educate Congress campaign](http://www.indiegogo.com/educate-congress?a=1574896 "More than 100 people have already backed this campaign, how 'bout YOU?")!** We're delivering copies of "Our Bodies, Ourselves" to [every senator and representative](http://www.indiegogo.com/educate-congress?a=1574896 "seriously. they'll get their own books.") so they have access to accurate, evidence-based information about reproductive health -- and you can be part of this important effort. ***Because nothing is more scary than legislators drafting policy that harms women -- not even Meow Mix ...*** ***Credit: Cat photos*** 1. Possessed Vampire Kitty / [Opacity on Flickr ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/opacity/ "Opacity's photostream")2. Golden-Eyed Vampire Kitty / [Digidave on Flickr ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/digidave/ "Digidave's photostream")3. Fork-Tongued Vampire Kitty / [mohd fahmi on Flickr ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/pump937/ "mohd fahmi's photostream")4. Lord Cattula / [sgatto on Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgatto/ "sgatto's photostream") --- #### 1 Response Our Bodies Ourselves is no longer able to accept comments. **Jessica A Bruno** on Nov 04, 2012 Belated WOW to all of this and how the heck did you come up with this or what. 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