innovative it was easy to overlook that texas governor rick perry signed his forced trans vaginal probe ultrasound bill in law last may. forced vaginal probing is the law of the land in texas and the law is in effect. anybody who didn t dmknow that will know by the end of the week. gary trudeau chose the subject because it was in the news, thanks to bob ultrasound mcdonnell and the relevance to the broader battle over women s health being waged in several states. for some reason, the gop has chosen 2012 to relitigate reproductive freedom, an issue resolved decades ago. why rick santorum, et all, thought it would be a good time to declare war on half the electorate. to ignore it would have been comedy malpractice. he may have been inspired by watching the debate unfold but this week s series is set in