Sandra Fluke Testifies for Women Everywhere: Birth Control Is Basic Health Care

what happened to separation of 'church' and state? ....insurance pays for Viagra...
these conservatives want to ban abortion AND birth control?? hmmmm.....????? we're already overpopulated and have too many crackheads having babies

I'm 54 years old and do not know one single woman who has not used birth control at some point in her life. There are numerous reasons -- both personal and medical -- that women use birth control. It's as commonplace as Tylenol in a women's life. If men were responsible for birth control, this debate would not even be happening.

my question remains: while i am pleased sandra fluke finally got to have her testimony heard either way despite republicans' attempts to block it, why there are no women on the panel? so it would be against the republicans' chagrin? women need to be on that panel as a man cannot decide for a woman her own reproductive and health needs. that is incredibly archaic. what century do those republicans think we are in? where is NOW? Why isn't planned parenthood and pro-choice putting those republicans in forced listening positions? really has me and millions of other americans, male and female, scratching our heads.

First of all NOBODY is talking about banning birth control. That's just plain stupid to even say.
And I love the hypocrisy this exposes. Abortion can't be trifled with because of some unwritten, imaginary 'right to privacy' clause in the Constitution. But when dealing with the very crux of the FIRST Amendment, it is perfectly okay to throw it in the trash in the name of entitlement.
If you want birth control pills, fine, buy them. Can't afford them, get condoms. Then there are creams, gels, foams, IUDs, etc. Since when does being able to say something is a legitimate need mean that someone else has to buy it for the masses? What's next? Food? Shelter? Clothing?
This issue is the stupidest thing I've heard in a long time. People are actually arguing that something that everyone should buy themselves if they want it should be provided to them on someone else's dime (nothing is actually free), AND that churches that actually believe they would be offending God should nonetheless be forced by the government to provide contraceptives, even to women that, if not married, will be using them to further offend God.
How far removed are we from the foundational principle of freedom and self determination we have come.

So, we now have a constitutional right to FREE contraception from private companies? My transmission went out on my car. As you may know, a new transmission is very expensive. I think taxpayers should pay for my transmission. It is not fair that I should have to bare that burden by myself... Those poor law students who have been given scholarships by the evil catholic college should also be given FREE contraceptives. And BTW, isn't it time for FREE prostate testing for men? How about FREE mammograms for woman? And why not FREE food because some people are forced to eat foods that aren't healthy which can lead to all kinds of health problems. And what about FREE diabetes treatment? Diabetes has all kinds of health ramifications so why should people have to pay for that? In fact, when I think about it ALL health care insurance should be FREE! Of course, there is no such thing as free....

Please remember the pill is used to regulate hormones.
The first time I was placed on the pill I was 13 years old. I had just gotten my first period and it wouldn't stop. It had been going non stop for three months. My mother took me to the doctor and she plaed me on the pill to regulate my cycle. I can't imagine my life if we weren't able to afford the pill every month. This was the 70's and it was $30.00 a month. I was fortunate to have a father with a good paying job with insurance with a $30.00 co-pay.
The second time the pill was necessary in my life was after the birth of our second child. I had been bed-ridden for 3 months on a ton of meds to try and stop contractions when our son was born he was 4 weeks early and ended up being extremely jaundice which caused me to have to stop nursing for quite awhile. All of these things added up and I ended up having pospartum depression. I had a wonderful O.B.GYN who explained to me the reason I was feeling horrible and crying all the time was because my hormones needed to be regulated. She put me on the pill and sure enough shortly there after I started to feel better.
I would have to say both of these times the pill helped to save my life.
Once again My husband had a good job which had good insurance and a $30.00 co-pay. Twenty years later and co-pay for the pill was still $30.00 and it was a different insurance.
I can tell you the insurane companies I've had throughout the years have always paid for a vasectomy with no co-pay so I don't know why they wouldn't pay for the pill which has many more uses. The pill is also alot easier to use than getting your husband to volunteer for a vasectomy.

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