Well, they’re at it again. Less than two weeks after the state’s budget impasse concluded, Republicans in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives wasted no time in resuming their antics. Only this time around, instead of stalling legislation that’s good for Pennsylvanians, the GOP is fast-tracking a bill that would be devastating for choice and women’s health.

Only three days after the bill’s existence became public knowledge, with only one hour of discussion in committee, and with no public hearing whatsoever, Republicans pushed through the GOP-controlled House Health Committee an anti-choice bill that would make Pennsylvania’s abortion laws some of the most restrictive in the nation, significantly curtailing a woman’s right to make her own healthcare choices, even in cases of rape or incest.

Not only is the anti-choice bill an attack on women’s rights, though; it’s also an attack on the Constitution, because the United States Supreme Court has held that states cannot regulate abortions prior to 24 weeks, and the bill’s main tenant is to do just that. As a representative from the Center for Reproductive Rights recently told Pennlive.com, “[the bill] raises serious constitutional concerns by banning safe and legal abortion at various points in pregnancy without any concern for a woman’s unique circumstances and health needs.”

So, this bill is an attack on a woman’s right to choose, even in cases of rape or incest, and it’s unconstitutional. Taken at face value, the bill is incredibly offensive, but it becomes even more so when one examines its context, specifically, the speed with which the GOP pushed it through committee.

As was noted above, the anti-choice bill moved through committee after an hour of discussion, which took place three days after the bill became public knowledge. Contrast the rapidity with which the GOP moved to restrict women’s rights with the lethargy with which with the GOP moved to address urgent issues facing the state, like the now resolved budget impasse or the legalization of desperately needed medicinal marijuana.

In the case of the budget impasse, the GOP’s determination to stall progress was so extreme that the leadership sent members of the House of Representatives home for Christmas break to avoid voting on a bipartisan budget bill that had passed the state Senate.

And in the case of medicinal marijuana, the GOP leadership stalled legislation — that was supported by 90 percent of Pennsylvanians — in committee for years; they did so by holding a seemingly endless number of committee discussions and public hearings in the very committee — the House Health Committee—that has now fast-tracked the anti-choice bill. When Democrats in this committee asked to hold just one public hearing before pushing through the anti-choice bill, though, they were immediately shut down.

The discrepancy between the speed with which House Republicans are trying to curtail women’s rights, and the lack thereof with which they continually approach Pennsylvania’s most pressing issues underscores the obstructionism and political expediency that should really surprise no one at this point. Still, it’s incredibly frustrating to be represented by people who show such brazen hostility to progress in Pennsylvania.

With the continued failure of the GOP to work toward our Pennsylvania’s best interest, and with the increasing likelihood of Donald Trump appearing at the top of the Republican ticket, perhaps Pennsylvanians will move to oust those who fail to represent us this November. For the good of our state, one can only hope.