Today's politicians are debating a lot of issues that directly affect women - like the legality of abortion and government funding of Planned Parenthood - and yet, men outnumber women in politics by a staggering number. Hmm, something seems wrong here. In fact, according to The Birmingham News, " one-third of key Senate committees [in Alabama] have no female members, a level of representation that women senators said has diminished since Republicans have been in control."

In a state where women"s rights are on the chopping block, the lack of female voices in politics is extremely concerning. After all, what are a bunch of old white men doing making decisions about what happens in the bodies of mostly young, minority ladies? Regardless of your views on abortion, birth control and family planning, can't we all agree that women's voices deserve to be heard in a debate that mostly concerns their health, bodies and future?

Aside from issues that concern them directly, women also have valuable insights on everything from financial issues to agriculture, justice and tourism. Major strides have been made for women in politics recently, however - with Hillary Clinton just a few votes away from a presidential nomination in 2008, Sonia Sotomayor on the Supreme Court and Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann making their points heard in the Republican primary, we could be just a few years away from parity in the political sphere.