Originally posted on February 7, 2011.
Freshman Representative Mitch Nichols had been elected by his Republican district to be a hard line conservative in the House. He had been voting in favor of a bill to ban abortion after a heated debate when the Great Shift happened. Suddenly he found himself outside the Capitol inside the body of a woman. He could only sit there in bewilderment for a few minutes before searching through her bag. Inside was her wallet, keys, but there was also a recent medical report from a few days ago. Apparently, this young woman had just gotten pregnant! Mitch looked down at his new stomach; he wasn’t showing yet. A realization came over him. He quickly got up and started running back inside. He had to change his vote! It was one thing when he was telling women what to do with their bodies, but now this bill directly affected HIM! And he didn’t want to go through the process of giving birth!