Haven’t posted in a while since I have been on my surgical rotation. However, recently there has been an interesting story in the news when law student Sandra Fluke testified before congress appealing for them to have birth control covered as part of women’s health. I honestly can’t believe what Rush Limbaugh had to say about it. I have to applaud President Obama for calling Sandra up and congratulating her on standing up for what she believed in. And of course, Jon Stewart had a great bit on the whole incident. I have to say that I love the bit about the catholics complaining about tax dollars going to pay for people to have sex when the catholic church doesn’t pay taxes. It is also convoluted to believe that tax payer money will be paying for people to have sex when it is their insurance company for which they are paying a premium for. The only thing that the government is doing is mandating that insurance companies cover it. Birth control is also not solely for the purpose of having sex, there are many problems, as stated by the physician at the end of the clip, that are treated with contraceptive pills (from bad acne, to painful periods, to preventing excessive bleeding and anemia). Leave it to the republicans to turn it into a “our tax dollars are paying for you to have sex.” It’s not about sex, it’s about women’s health.
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