Faith

Democrat Congresswomen Storm Out of Contraception Hearing Claiming Sexism

Democrat Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Eleanor Norton (D-DC) decided to protest the absence of female witnesses at a hearing over the President’s contraception hearing today by removing two women — themselves — from the room.

The hearing before the Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), evidently angered the two Congresswomen by booking only male witnesses (this included witnesses on the liberal side of the issue). As a result, they decided to leave the room rather than stay and express the feminine viewpoint they apparently thought the hearing was lacking. Politico reports on the odd — and somewhat self-defeating — incident:

“What I want to know is, where are the women?” asked Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) before walking out. “I look at this panel [of witnesses], and I don’t see one single individual representing the tens of millions of women across the country who want and need insurance coverage for basic preventive health care services, including family planning.”

Maloney had urged Chairman Issa to accept just one female witness — a Law student at Georgetown University — to testify. They claimed the fact that Georgetown was a Catholic university and this student was being provided care by said university meant that she could be deprived of contraception if not for the administration’s mandate. Issa declined to allow the witness in, claiming she was irrelevant to the hearing, which was not about contraception, but about religious freedom — a subject that a Law student was not qualified to discuss with authority. The women scorned did not react well. Maloney walked out, only to sneak back in later. Norton wasn’t quite so easily silenced:

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) attempted to force a vote on seating Fluke, saying the chairman was breaking committee rules. When he ignored her motion, Norton and Maloney walked out. Maloney later returned. Norton did not.

Norton accused Issa of “pretzel turning of the rules so as to deny us a witness” in a press conference convened in the hallway. She said the hearing was “the kind you expect in an autocratic regime.”

The law student in question — Sandra Fluke — also didn’t go down fighting, claiming a friend of hers had died because of lack of access to contraception, and accusing Issa of silencing the very people with the most authority to talk about the subject.

“I feel that the women this affects are the most qualified to speak on this matter,” Fluke said.

 

Comments (311)

1 2 3 ... 8
  • Got2bRoni
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:26pm

    Go to any gas station, liquor store supermarket ffs. Just ask a neighbor for contraceptive. It’s everwhere.

    Report Post » Got2bRoni  
    • 13th Imam
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:37pm

      The hearing was actually all about if the whole concept was constitutional. This is just two skanks whining for the DEMOCRAT media whore’s.. This is the DEMOCRATS, MEDIA Spatters, and the MSM DEMOwing , working for the Socialist DEMOCRAT Cabal. Journalism is dead.

      Report Post » 13th Imam  
    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:37pm

      The whole thing is a smoke screen started by little Stephie Stephenopolis. They were better off when these two fools departed anyway.

      Report Post » RJJinGadsden  
    • Miami
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:37pm

      She‘s the biggest Democrat’s nut bar since Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Donna Brazil, Sheila Jackson Lee, Barbara Boxer or Cynthia McKinney, well forget that she’s not that uncommon, just another of Democrat’s nut bar…

      Report Post » Miami  
    • flyoverbob
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:42pm

      I liked the asprin as cntaceptive better,in case you haven’t seen it,hold the asprin between your knees.
      And sure storm out,that will show them sweetie.

      Report Post »  
    • Freedom from liberals
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:44pm

      Carolyn and Elanor: It‘s obvious your parents didn’t do enough family planning.

      Report Post »  
    • The Giver
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:50pm

      That’s right. I guess that if they don’t get their contraceptives covered by big nanny measures, they won’t buy it themselves. NOONE is stopping them from getting it themselves. What a pathetic bunch of women.
      From one woman to others…. stop making women look so whiny. You don’t expect the employer to feed you, dress you and take you to the guy’s place. You’re doing that all on your own. Grow up. Your choice, you pay for it.

      Report Post » The Giver  
    • db321
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:53pm

      STOP – it is not about Birth Control, the Catholic Church or the Constitution. Obama said he is going to have the insurance company pay for BC. The next day, Obama approval ratings shoots through the Roof. $30 dollars a month saving to a women on BC and she instantly jump in bed with Obama and sells out America. I always thought it was a fancy dinner, flowers and a line of two of BS.

      Does anyone know where I can get a hand full of Year Supply of BC Pills – I’m hitting the bars tonight – I did not think women were that easy that they would fall for Obama’s BS – Got to hand it to Obama – you dog you – Wolff.

      Report Post » db321  
    • onthefrontline
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:55pm

      @ flyoverbob
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:42pm
      I liked the asprin as cntaceptive better,in case you haven’t seen it,hold the asprin between your knees.

      Wonder if Planned Parenthood knows of this method ??? The lady with 13 kids should give this a try..

      Report Post » onthefrontline  
    • Komponist-ZAH
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:57pm

      “They claimed the fact that Georgetown was a Catholic university and this student was being provided care by said university meant that she could be deprived of contraception if not for the administration’s mandate.”

      No, she can be “deprived” of “free” contraception—i.e., contraception at someone else’s expense.

      Report Post »  
    • godlovinmom
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:28pm

      The young college student claims that her friend died from not having contraception…really…what is it about feminist that think the rest of need to pay for their lifestyles…if we don‘t give out free contraception we are somehow violating women’s rights..amazing!

      Report Post » godlovinmom  
    • onthefrontline
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:32pm

      They are trying to out-do the Demon Lady……
      Gawd these Libotards are BOZOS !!!!!!!
      Typical, if they don’t get their way they run…
      think we’ve seen this before..

      Report Post » onthefrontline  
    • Nick84
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:52pm

      godlovinmom
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:28pm

      “The young college student claims that her friend died from not having contraception…”

      From the Huffington Post:

      “Fluke began to cry as she told the story of her 32-year-old friend who was diagnosed with ovarian cysts and prescribed birth control pills as the only remedy for her condition that could save her from becoming infertile. Because her student insurance did not cover contraception, Fluke’s friend could not afford her medication, and she eventually lost her ovary and began experiencing symptoms of early menopause.”

      I’m assuming this is talking about the same person this site said died, which I’m assuming is untrue.

      Report Post »  
    • jzs
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 9:54pm

      “Democrat Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Eleanor Norton (D-DC) decided to protest the absence of female witnesses at a hearing over the President’s contraception hearing today by removing two women — themselves — from the room.”

      No, that’s wrong Blaze. Please try to do better in the future!

      Issa held a hearing to discuss the administration decision that requires insurance companies to provide prescription birth control drugs to women. The rule doesn’t apply to churches that offer health insurance but does church affiliated organizations. He had 10 witnesses, most of them male, all of whom were against the decision. Let me say that again. Issa had 10 people speak at his “hearing” and every single one of these “witnesses” was against the decision. Every single one. And he refused to allow one single – let’s says that again: “one single” – person to speak in favor of the decision.

      Please people, keep up. This is political theatre at its worse, created for no other purpose that to get on the news. He should be ashamed and feel remorse, but he doesn’t. No shame.

      Of course the Democrats walked out of this farce.

      Report Post » jzs  
    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 10:15pm

      .
      Ladies just have Barney Sex…..Then you don’t have to worry…..

      Report Post » SpankDaMonkey  
    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 10:25pm

      JZS

      Is that you I see whining about political theater?

      Seriously?

      After your side gave us “When Harry met Nancy”

      Hey Bud, if you don’t like the movie, take your popcorn and go home.

      Report Post » Therightsofbilly  
    • drago
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 10:30pm

      So what do this two skanks have to worry about, no “real” man would tap it anyway………

      Report Post »  
    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:10pm

      JZS

      You missed the following.

      “Booking only male witnesses, this included witnesses on the LIBERAL side of the issue.”
      Let me say that again, “this included witnesses on the LIBERAL side of the issue”

      “which was not about contraception, but about religious freedom”
      ___________________________________________________________

      You said “Of course the Democrats walked out of this farce.”
      No, just two of them…then one returned.

      You said “This is political theatre at its worse.”

      The only political theatre going on is the farce that is the liberal manufactured hysteria that conservatives want to ban contraception, an idea that was made up out of thin air. Remember how your news source tricked you into believing Santorum supports banning contraception when in actuality, he hadn’t?

      “claiming a friend of hers had died because of lack of access to contraception”

      How far out in the boonies do you have to live to not have a lack of access to contraception? This is the first time I have heard that people have no or limited access to contraception.

      Report Post » SpeckChaser  
    • jzs
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:17pm

      Billy, didn’t much care for “Harry met Sally” but I am ashamed to admit I do like some of Meg Ryan’s other romantic comedies. Don’t tell anyone though.

      I love political theater. The more I see, the more I believe Democrats are going to sweep in 2012. Republicans are toast if they hang onto the contraception issue as their reason to be elected in my opinion. Women, including Catholic women aren’t buying it.

      Report Post » jzs  
    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:24pm

      JZS

      Are you still under the false impression that there is one single Republican that supports a contraception ban? Could you post a link, credible of course, supporting that claim.

      Report Post » SpeckChaser  
    • Sailor_Always
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:25am

      This is the most ridiculous thing to come out of this administration and it’s lapdogs since the beginning. Certainly not the most dangerous, but the most ignorant and totally unnecessary diversion from what is really wrong.

      Report Post » Sailor_Always  
    • Sailor_Always
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:39am

      As my pal Bugs Bunny would say, what a bunch of “maroons”, a real pack of “embezzles”.

      Report Post » Sailor_Always  
    • jzs
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:41am

      Speck asks, “Are you still under the false impression that there is one single Republican that supports a contraception ban? Could you post a link, credible of course, supporting that claim.”

      Speck, could you post a link, credible of course, that I ever said a single Republican wants to ban contraception? You can’t of course, because I’ve never said or implied anything like that. You know I haven‘t and I know you know I haven’t.

      First you ask if I believe something I’ve never said or suggested, then you ask me to prove that thing I’ve never said or suggested.

      Come on man, cut the crap. You can’t actually be that

      Report Post » jzs  
    • The-Monk
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:51am

      @jzs
      Don’t mess with Billy… he’s much smarter than you and will rip you a new one.
      Like your mommie said;
      “Dad nabit… Get back down in the basement where you belong and turn that stupid puter off!” Did I get that right jzs?

      Report Post » The-Monk  
    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 1:07am

      JZS

      You just said, “Republicans are toast if they hang onto the contraception issue as their reason to be elected in my opinion.”

      To clarify, what did you mean by hanging onto the contraception issue? Currently, liberals are insinuating republicans will ban birth control. I figured, since previous sentence lacked clarity, you meant a contraception ban. I apologize if I misunderstood the theme of your sentence. What was that theme exactly?

      Report Post » SpeckChaser  
    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 1:57am

      JZS says:
      ” Women, including Catholic women aren’t buying it.”

      That is your goal is it not?
      That they will not have to buy it?
      If they WOULD JUST “buy it”, with their own money, we wouldn’t be having this debate now would we?

      This is just an interesting and somewhat relevant article.
      http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillmatthews/2012/02/15/contraceptive-coverage-one-more-unconstitutional-mandate/?feed=rss_home

      Hi Speckchaser

      Hi Monk. Have you printed your bumper stickers yet?

      Report Post » Therightsofbilly  
    • KAdams
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 2:08am

      @JZS and all you other libs: FYI, this wasn’t a hearing on contraception, and access to it. It was a hearing on the constitutionality of the ‘tax which is no tax’ of the Obamacare mandate. Nothing about contraception. The ‘women’ who wanted to testify, their testimonies had no relevance to the hearing. You guys must not listen to Rush.

      Report Post »  
    • RonmeyPaulBotsrOdd
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 6:51am

      Do not even have to do that…just stay exactly stationary – no sex. GREAT CONTRACEPTION. The slippery slope of immorality. Amazing to see the social stigma of being forced to marry or carry the burden of child out of wedlock to deter others from having sex out of marriage being totally erased by the Gov’t that promises to house/feed teens with babies. Now – I would think to sell this crap to the taxpayers would be, “I direct the insurance companies to provide free contraception, therefore there will be NO taxpayer funded housing or AFDC to women never married and with child/children…”
      I know – still a nightmare as it pertains to religious freedoms, but WOW would it force these people to think again about moral accountability. I just heard about a 17 y.o girl and her boyfriend that are expecting. No marriage plans, she quit her job and they think everything is going to be just great as she already figured up the gov bennies and his $10/hr job. Now, if they were given the choice of hardship or help from the church – where might it take them?

      Report Post »  
    • kfrederic
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 8:12am

      Thank you! The phrase “lack of access to contraception” should immediately brand the speaker a despicable liar. Everyone has access and if someone “can’t afford” contraception, they need to rethink their recreational habits and spending.

      Report Post » kfrederic  
    • jzs
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 8:28am

      Speck says, “Currently, liberals are insinuating republicans will ban birth control.”

      What liberals? All of them? Got an example?

      Report Post » jzs  
    • carbonyes
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 9:39am

      13TH IMAM, you sir are right on the button.

      Side note, most of Democratic Congresswomen are a bunch of skanks. If there are any half way decent looking ones, there sourpuss like demeanors and attitudes kind of turn them into a case of the uglies on a fairly frequent basis. Perfect example, Maxine Water. If she ever could get that perpetual scowl off of her face, she would be a decent looking women, but since the scowl is almost perpetually there, she has a regular case of the uglies.

      As been said innumerable times, it’s not about birth control. It is about religious liberties, which the Dumocrats do not like to have the real issue displayed, because they lose on it every time.

      If our Republican leadership should ever get some balls and backbone, we might start winning on the issues that we should be winning.

      We absolutely can not afford a John McCain type nominee to run against Barack Hussein Obama. That would be an instant loser, kinda like John McCain.

      Report Post »  
    • carbonyes
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 9:42am

      JZS, the Dumocrats are a farce – a reality that hasn’t gotten through to you yet. Probably never will, as is the case with most liberals. Sad, but true.

      Report Post »  
    • carbonyes
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 9:52am

      JZS, Republicans will do just fine in the election of November 2012, assuming there will be one. Herr Meister Baeack Huddein Obama is busy making plans for violent street riots, that he might declare Martial Law and suspend elections – pretty much in line with his Rules for Radicals schooling and street organizing tactics. Obama, however, is on course to meet his Waterloo, as the devil and his emissaries invariably overplay their hand.

      The Dems are going to be burnt toast!

      Report Post »  
    • ColorMeRedd
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 10:01am

      JZS,
      The only ones putting on a political show are the dems. They are trying to manufacture a campaign issue out of thin air. It started two months ago when Romney was asked during a debate, out of the blue, if he thought states had the right to ban contraception. The next step was for the Obama to pull this contraception mandate. They are trying to turn a constitutional freedom issue into a contraception issue. They have all of their buddies in the media working on it, and it sounds like you are one of the stupid people buying into it. As far as the real issue goes, I missed the part where the “right to free contraception” was covered by the constitution and I also missed the part where the president could mandate that a private company provide a service free of charge. Is Obama able to mandate that McDonald’s give hamburgers away for free? Can Obama decide that we are all entitled to free cars and homes under the constitution? No, he can’t, despite what he thinks or tries to do. Our will is stronger than yours, and, believe me when I say, we outnumber you. We will win this war, because that’s exactly what it is. The war on freedom has won many battles in the past, and is likely to win more in the future, but we will win the war. You cannot cage the human mind or spirit for long. It was always find a way to break free.

      Report Post »  
    • VerySeniorCitizen
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 1:14pm

      Question ———————– How will all you folks (working women particularly) feel about contraceptives becoming ILLEGAL anywhere and everywhere – for any eason (medical or aas birth control)? This hearing (no matter what it was called) was the beginning of a process to KILL ‘Griswold vs Connecticut’ which was adjucated back by the Supreme Court back in 1965!

      There is currently a bill that Senator Roy Blunt is trying to put thru the Senate which would allow ANY employer – anywhere – to refuse to have their employees health insurance cover whatever that said employer didn’t like. That could be anything from contraceptives to heart pills to inhalers for asthmatics. Yes, you can Google these things. But I don’t think you will because its much easier to stay on a site like this and simply bash the opposition. It REALLY IS against your own best interests!

      Report Post »  
    • VerySeniorCitizen
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 1:26pm

      @GODLOVINMOM

      I don’t think you are very well informed. You obviously believe that contraceptives are used ONLY for birth control. The young woman you are referring to was unable to get the contracepting medicine she needed to prevent endometrial growths. As it turns out those growths developed and she had surgery to have an ovary removed and began menapause BEFORE she was 30 and now with NO CHANCE of ever becoming a mother.

      There are many MEDICAL reasons for using contraceptives in todays world for reasons which used to kill woman – from their teens to menapause. Is that what you want for your sister, daughter or friend??

      Meanwhile MEN’s true birth control will still be paid for by the insurance company – and with public funding (vasectomy) – but I dont’ hear anyone griping about that. I also don‘t hear anyone complaining that the Viagra’s of the medical world be taken off ANY insurance policy. Why is that? Doesn’t God also give men their abiliity – or inability – to produce a pregnancy??

      Report Post »  
    • frodisman
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 2:57pm

      Same place women were when they hanged an effigy of Palin and blasted Hillary in 08. Nowhere.

      Report Post »  
    • godlovinmom
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 3:13pm

      VerySeniorCitizen…this woman claimed her friend DIED from not getting contraception…NOT what you said…and you know I’ve been a WOMAN now for 48 years so I know all the uses for birth control…actually used some …so before you start spottin off how ill informed that I am…you might want to reread the article yourself.

      Report Post » godlovinmom  
    • godlovinmom
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 3:19pm

      Oh yes and another thing…what are you even talking about banning birth control…just because an employer doesn’t want to cover your birth control and you might have to pay for it yourself…means (in your mind) that it will someday be banned in America…You are living in La La Land. I bet you believe that Mr. Santorum wants to ban birth control if he should become president..meanwhile you don’t have nothing to say when President Obama wants to force it on us…ummm double standard don’t you think?

      Report Post » godlovinmom  
    • AvengerK
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 5:41pm

      LOL….really JZS? A mere few days after you posted a link to a Public Religion Research Institute poll and now you ask for numbers to support a claim from someone else? You cretinous little lick spittle. You dare to demand credible numbers after posting a link to the PRRI to “support” your claims? For those not already informed, the PRRI is the Media Matters issued “poll” that Media Matters trolls like JZS have been told to distribute. The PRRI’s chairman is one Rabbi David Sapperstein who wait for it….is an an Obama appointee to Obama’s “Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships”. The PRRI supports the liberal canard of “social justice” but here’s the kicker, Sapperstein also sits on the board of People for the American Way which is funded by…..lo and behold…GEORGE SOROS and THE TIDES FOUNDATION. Any “poll” by the PRRI is widely accepted as hyper partisan non-sense. Along with this JZS offers the support of the CHA which has walked lock step with Obama for Obamacare every step of the way. It’s at your own risk if you take anything that JZS offers you. He’s nothing but a Media Matters plant and a lefty troll disseminationg lefty talking points and links to lefty mouthpieces. On top of that he has to be one of the most cretinous, vacuous pustules I’ve ever had the discomfort of addressing. It’s always best to either ignore JZS or ridicule the idiot…he deserves nothing else.

      Report Post »  
    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 5:42pm

      JZS

      JZS, the real issue is, does a president have the power to tell private companies what products they must offer? Now, I’m sure your fine with a contraception mandate because it is something you support politically, but would you have supported Bush demanding private companies offer products he deemed necessary? I doubt it. Nevertheless, the info you requested is below.

      “Republican Party is waging war on contraception at this point in a way that the–where the–and that’s where the discussion is going.” Rachel Maddow

      http://www.lifenews.com/2012/02/06/rachel-maddow-falsely-says-santorum-wants-to-ban-contraception/

      “Santorum, who has said it would be fine with him if states outlawed the sale of birth control” Chris Mattews

      http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/02/16/chris-matthews-falsely-claims-santorum-said-hed-be-fine-states-outlaw

      “He even wants states to be allowed to ban birth control. How can women buy their own birth control if it is BANNED?”

      http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/02/11/rick-santorum-says-women-should-buy-their-own-birth-control-because-it-only-costs-a-few-dollars/

      Report Post » SpeckChaser  
    • AvengerK
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 5:42pm

      The GOP should hold these democrats feet to the fire. This is nothing to do with women‘s perspectives and women’s rights. This is first amendment issue, NOTHING ELSE! Don’t let the liberals hijack the argument.

      Report Post »  
    • Nick84
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 5:57pm

      godlovinmom
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 3:13pm

      “VerySeniorCitizen…this woman claimed her friend DIED from not getting contraception…NOT what you said…”

      TheBlaze is falsely reporting that she died. The woman never claimed that.

      Report Post »  
    • godlovinmom
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 6:09pm

      Nick…yes I understand that…I was just relaying what the article told us…now you are saying the blaze is lying…not good if that is in fact the case…the blaze would be no better that let’s say huffo…soro’s media…or whatever they call themselves.

      Report Post » godlovinmom  
    • Nick84
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 6:35pm

      GODLOVINMOM-

      http://gomyd.com/2012/02/17/the-testimony-of-sandra-fluke/

      Read the bottom of page two to the top of page three for the story (although the whole thing is an interesting read). There are also many other sites you can find the story on if you do an internet search.

      In all reality though, this is a minor point. Just because her friend didn‘t die due to lack of birth control doesn’t mean that NO ONE does.

      Report Post »  
    • godlovinmom
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 7:04pm

      Well I just read this ONE article on the subject…so I was referring to that.

      Report Post » godlovinmom  
    • Nick84
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 7:15pm

      Doesn’t Glenn always suggest “doing your own research”? Maybe that’s one area you should take his advice on. I don‘t understand why you wouldn’t research a subject before making comments on it…

      Report Post »  
    • godlovinmom
      Posted on February 18, 2012 at 3:41am

      I made a comment on THIS article…what part of that don’t you get…jeez buddy!

      Report Post » godlovinmom  
    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:27am

      It is about power and control. Check this out on the BHO mandate team!
      http://www.aei.org/article/health/healthcare-reform/meet-the-obamacare-mandate-committee/

      Report Post » IMPEACHBHO  
    • stablepar
      Posted on February 18, 2012 at 11:35am

      she should maybe stay at home and do the cooking and cleaning

      Report Post »  
    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on February 18, 2012 at 1:14pm

      What is really Ironic is that they want a product that is only 75% effective when purchased and refuse a method that is 100% effective, when you keep your legs together and the fertility pole out of the fertility grounds you don’t get pregnant, I can guarantee it. It‘s God’s method of birth control and Nancy said it best, “JUST SAY NO”. But PROGRESSIVES don’t know the meaning of NO, even with a Masters Degree in Language and Critical Thinking.

      Report Post » 1TrueOne55  
  • luyben12
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:26pm

    Just another reason why “American women” should take the blame for the moral decline of America… Don’t give me that “It’s my body” crap… It’s called “Murder”… Their telling our daughters to have sex outside of marriage and not to tell their parents about it… They promote and watch with enthusiasm the reality TV rubbish that’s somehow still on air… Basically the women of this Nation, except a small % are telling young women everywhere to sleep with whomever you like whenever you like and if anyone says different they are a “Sexist.”….. Excuse me while I cry in the fetal position… Where are the good, upright Christian women???

    Report Post » luyben12  
    • sealwifenyc
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:45pm

      Sweety, I know you may hate science, but it takes two to make a baby, women should not have all the burden, all the blame, and none of the choices. You will never stop people from having sex, its fun ya know, we have to accept that fact, and make sure kids know how to protect themselves. I understand you want to live in a time where no one does anything ever, but lets be realistic and practical.

      Report Post »  
    • Baddoggy
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 2:49am

      You are both off on a tangent. tis is all about the Constitution. It is not about sex or contraceptives.

      I wish the next hearing would be weather or nor the welfare state was Constitutional. Because it is not! When is theft of my money to give to someone else ever Constitutional?

      Report Post » Baddoggy  
    • KAdams
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 3:14am

      Mark Levin said it best, this evening:

      “Why is it, that libs are so obsessed with race and sex?” (possibly paraphrasing)

      Report Post »  
  • Junter
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:22pm

    Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Eleanor Norton (D-DC) must not think they are feminine enough to speak for women. By their actions I have to agree.

    Report Post »  
    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:30pm

      My first thoughts were if there were no women “advocates” why would you 2 women leave. These democrats have really turned this around to be about contraception and not religious liberty. It is disgusting.

      Report Post »  
  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:22pm

    No Ladies.Making you buy Barney Frank’s Viagra would be sexism.Making the Catholic Church Buy birth control is called “Oppression of Freedom Of Religion.”

    Report Post » Smokey_Bojangles  
    • sealwifenyc
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:55pm

      Viagra is included in health plans, as well as coverage for people who have no self control and can’t stop eating, and have obesity related illnesses. Is that fair?

      Here is the issue, the mandate does not require churches to purchase birth control, it requires affiliated institutions to provide THE OPTION for women who work for them. I went to med school with a Jewish girl who works for a Catholic church, why is she subjected to her employers religious ideals. When the Supreme Court ruled that public funds can NOT be used for programs focusing on certain religions, the Catholic church said their hospitals are secular, allowing them to receive federal funding. They can’t claim to be secular to receive funds and then decry their religious objections, when they find it convienant to do so. If they do not want to provide the OPTION, that is fine, but they should not get any federal funding. Any organization that accepts federal funds is required to adopt certain policies, they can’t have it both ways.

      Report Post »  
    • Smokey_Bojangles
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:18pm

      Why is her employer subject to her religious beliefs? The wife and myself have always bought our own.Why can’t she?

      Report Post » Smokey_Bojangles  
    • Komponist-ZAH
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:31pm

      “I went to med school with a Jewish girl who works for a Catholic church, why is she subjected to her employers religious ideals.”

      Because, when she was hired, she entered into this thing we call a contract, by which she agreed, of her own free will, to render a certain service to the Church in exchange for a certain wage/benefits. Why should the government interfere with that relationship—dictating what those services or wages should be? If it was not wholly to her liking, why did she enter into it?

      Report Post »  
    • sealwifenyc
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:47pm

      The catholic church has claimed their hospitals are completely secular in order to get federal funding. Yes, she entered into a contract but that was before a mandate was going to be in place. Restricting access to contraceptives is now illegal, when tenets of contracts are deemed illegal, it is void. She pays as all women do, for coverage, only it is in the form of a lower salary, why is she restricted on something she pays for, when others are not, based on their sex. I have no problem with them not offering it, but they should not be entitled to federal funding based on their claim that their hospital is not an extension of the church, which it clearly is.

      Report Post »  
    • AxelPhantom
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 9:15pm

      Sealwife,

      They are secular in their service, in otherwords,if you show up at a Catholic Hospital and request medical care, they will not turn you away because you are not Catholic.

      Report Post »  
    • Komponist-ZAH
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 9:40pm

      You still fail to answer: What right does the government have to dictate the terms of private contract? What right does the government have to declare any part of a voluntary contract illegal and therefore void? Please show me in the Constitution where Congress or the President are granted this power.

      Report Post »  
    • Nick84
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 9:58pm

      Komponist-ZAH

      The government subsidizes hospitals. If the hospital accepts taxpayer money, why shouldn’t it have to accept the applicable laws?

      Report Post »  
  • OlefromMN
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:20pm

    It wasn’t even a hearing on contraception. It was a hearing on the governments ability to mandate that a private business must pay for a product for their employees. This ties directly with the Barney Fwank story. Libs are all about displays of emotion and have no grasp on substance.

    Report Post » OlefromMN  
    • Dalady
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:39pm

      Agreed. Find a passionate youth to make a scene instead of the congresswomen testifying with proper decorum. God help us. OMG 2012

      Report Post »  
    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:59pm

      Not even good theatre.

      Report Post »  
  • leftylemn
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:20pm

    The solution is simple…Don‘t have sex if you can’t afford contraception…financial responcibility.

    Report Post »  
    • copatriots
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:42pm

      You can’t expect the liberal base to take responsibility for their actions. Big Brother is here to help them have as much indiscriminate sex as possible while not creating more babies that they would have to kill because the earth just can’t sustain the world population.

      Report Post »  
  • momprayn
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:16pm

    LOL — a friend died b/c of her lack of contraception?????? Somehow I think it was a lack of something else. Basic “health care” insurance which includes family planning advice?????
    Can these people not see how utterly ridiculous and nonsensical they are??? (I don’t think so)
    Like a couple of spoiled, stupid little kids. How long oh Lord do we have to put up with this ????!!!!
    Please………….let the answer be January, 2013.

    Report Post »  
    • decendentof56
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:31pm

      Mom…..
      The issue is religious freedom, and these two socialists know it. This is a typical tactic of the progressives…trying to turn a hearing about one issue into a completely different issue.
      Deamonize and marginalize. Pure Saul Alinsky.

      The only thing I will say is that the Catholics are a bit confusing to me.
      First… they are supposedly against abortion. That is not reality, as I know contraceptive use is widespread among Catholics.

      Second, anyone with any sense knows that around 50% of Catholics voted for Obama and, let me add….I know the Catholic vote will go to Obama in large enough nymbers to get him re-elected.

      Of course, Eric “my people” Holders’ DOJ will help things along with large numbers of illegal votes.
      Don’t believe me? Read J Christian Adams “Injustice”, or type in Ike Brown in a search engine.

      Report Post »  
    • behonest
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:08pm

      that is as corny as Slaughter saying her friend had to wear her dead sisters teeth because she couldn’t afford healthcare. This hearing was not about woman it was about the first admendment. They always want to make it about race,sex and their socialist rights. read the constitution esp hiring a president and vice president with dual alligences

      Report Post » behonest  
  • 3monkeysmomma
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:16pm

    When I was nursing my babies, we used condoms in order to keep unnecessary hormones out of my breast milk. They weren’t “fun” but they were very afforable.

    Report Post » 3monkeysmomma  
    • conservativewoman
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:40pm

      My husband just said something funny concerning the lady that said her friend died from lack of contraceptives.
      If he was on the panel, he would have anwered, “Please lady, we may be men, but we’re not stupid!”

      I love my guy!

      Report Post » conservativewoman  
    • conservativewoman
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:42pm

      @3monkeysmomma
      Some of you women amaze me.

      Report Post » conservativewoman  
    • sealwifenyc
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:14pm

      conservativewoman- My husband just said something funny too. “I am not in the military to fight for a country that tells my wife what she can do with her body, I am fighting for my country that allows all people to be free, not just catholics”

      I love my guy too.

      Report Post »  
  • From Virginia
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:16pm

    This isn’t about contraception. I wish people would ignore the left and focus on the fact that the government is telling a religious institution what they can and cannot do in direct violation of the 1st Amendment.

    Report Post »  
    • qpwillie
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:28pm

      Amen!!! The leftists are very good at dragging people into their straw men arguments. We’ve got to stop letting them do it.

      Report Post » qpwillie  
    • decendentof56
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:49pm

      Yep…I agree with you and QP.
      It is, of course, about religious freedom.
      The problem is that so-so many Americans will buy the left’s argument.
      Saul Alinsky’s program actually works, especially when you are herding cattle like those we see on the left.
      The average Dem will see this as a contraceptive issue, and completely miss the issue with regards to the first amendment. Many of them cannot even read well enough to comprehend the first amendment, or apply its meaning to this or any number of other issues.

      Report Post »  
    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:51pm

      More mandated freebies, more mandated freebies!

      Report Post » RJJinGadsden  
    • spirited
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:58pm

      Yes, they

      >twist n shoUT “!”

      Report Post » spirited  
  • Mess23
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:14pm

    The media will love this one… Perception is reality.

    Report Post »  
    • Mess23
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:19pm

      Reality to themselves only. Thank God, most Americans are on to the leftist media.

      Report Post »  
  • Glock31
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:13pm

    dumb-a-crats are so emotional. and Issa was correct, its NOT about denying contraception. you can go to any convenience store and buy some condoms. it‘s about the government telling us what we can and can’t do!

    Report Post » Glock31  
    • Gonzo
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 7:21am

      I regret that The Blaze thinks it’s acceptable to label this a “contraceptive hearing”. It was a RELIGIOUS FREEDOM HEARING BLAZE!

      Report Post » Gonzo  
  • EndTheFedNOW
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:10pm

    The United States government got the underware bomber on the plane.

    Read this I beg u

    http://www.infowars.com/breaking-kurt-haskell-exposes-government-false-flag-operation-during-underwear-bomber-sentencing/

    AJ did not write this. the man who saw the bomber get on the plane, who rode on the plane, who sat next to him when the bomb went off.

    Report Post » EndTheFedNOW  
  • cookcountypatriot
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:10pm

    run lil progressive,,,,run…lol wait till nov…you commies are toast

    Report Post » cookcountypatriot  
  • JP4JOY
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:10pm

    They’re practicing to fill Wasserman-Schultz’s shoes.

    I know it’s a waste of a hyphen.

    Report Post » JP4JOY  
  • COFemale
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:09pm

    Sandra Fluke – is that a fluke. And how does a women die from lack of contraception. This should be a good one. Also Issa said this wasn’t about contraception, but religious rights; what part of this do that not comprehend… HELLO Earth to Sandra and other women. Please quite giving intelligent women a bad name. Were any of them blonde?

    Report Post » COFemale  
    • Nick84
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:54pm

      I’m assuming this article got it wrong when the author claimed her friend died. I’ve posted the statement from the Huffington Post 2 other times on this article.

      Report Post »  
    • KAdams
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 3:20am

      I thought that odd also… that her name was ‘Fluke’. In any event, I am almost 100% POSITIVE that if estrogen supplementation, such as that found in oral contraceptives, was being used for a strictly medical purpose, (i.e. ovarian cysts, fibroids, endometriosis, etc.) and not for contraceptive (who wants to have sex, anyhow, with all that stuff going on in there?) purposes, her insurance company would have covered it. Plain and simple.

      Report Post »  
  • DD313
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:09pm

    Baloney and Snortin’ two wonderful specimens of the Democrat brain trust.

    Report Post » DD313  
  • Cymry
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:08pm

    Two Things Here.

    1. Much Ado About Nothing.

    2. Good Riddence.

    Report Post » Cymry  
  • thefnshow
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:07pm

    it’s funny …they can’t afford $9 a month to go to walmart for their pills but they sure have enough money to get their hair done and a mani an pedi

    Report Post » thefnshow  
    • Exrepublisheep
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:09pm

      Not sexist at all.

      Report Post » Exrepublisheep  
    • From Virginia
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:30pm

      @Exrepublisheep – Sexist? Who the heck do you think gets BC pills and most of the contreception? Men?

      Male contraception is pretty much limited to condoms that are sold just about everywhere.

      Please go knee-jerk elsewhere…..

      Report Post »  
    • jamforpresident
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 10:11pm

      @From Virginia

      Pretty sure the “Not sexist at all” was in reference to the whole mani/pedi thing, not the BC pills. Just throwing it out there.

      And it was sexist.

      Report Post » jamforpresident  
    • thefnshow
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:16am

      am i wrong though ?

      Report Post » thefnshow  
    • thefnshow
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 3:13pm

      @Exrepublisheep…it’s not sexist…it’s about prioritizing what women would spend their money on…it‘s more important for them to look good but when it comes down to something that is actually necessary then it’s ” i shouldn’t have to pay for it”…yes you should…it’s called being a responsible adult

      Report Post » thefnshow  
  • ojfl
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:06pm

    A friend died because of lack of contraception? How? Also if they had stayed there were women who testified a bit later. But I guess they could not miss an opportunity to demagogue.

    Report Post »  
    • Nick84
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:48pm

      From the Huffington Post article:

      “Fluke began to cry as she told the story of her 32-year-old friend who was diagnosed with ovarian cysts and prescribed birth control pills as the only remedy for her condition that could save her from becoming infertile. Because her student insurance did not cover contraception, Fluke’s friend could not afford her medication, and she eventually lost her ovary and began experiencing symptoms of early menopause.”

      I’m not sure they were referring to this same case, but The Blaze has been known to make errors in the past.

      Report Post »  
    • JonSigMan
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 8:55pm

      Yeah, really, that‘s a story I’ve gotta hear….died because she was unable to get contraceptives? If you can’t get buy any, or steal any, or go down to the Clinic and get them for free (the ones we pay for), then don’t have sex…then you won’t die from the STD that might kill you, I guess, if that’s what it was…Sheesh. The simple solutions seem to evade people. Or am I missing something?

      Report Post » JonSigMan  
    • Nick84
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 9:09pm

      JonSigMan

      You are missing something… Try reading my post above.

      Report Post »  
    • Jeetman
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:24pm

      Hey Nick84,
      This article smells so bad of BS. So let me get this straight…. The ONLY thing that could help this woman’s condition was a birth control pill???? There was no other medication that wouldn’t be classified as a birth control (or contraceptive) drug that WOULD be covered by her insurance??? I find this VERY hard to believe and since all we have is Huffpo’s article, I‘m going to choose to believe that it’s all BS. Anything I’ve seen on the Huffington Post has been mostly half-truths, lies and deceptions designed to promote Democratic bull and the Marxist commie Progressive agenda.

      Report Post » Jeetman  
    • Nick84
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:58pm

      Jeetman-

      I’m not a physician, so I honestly couldn’t tell you if there was another pill that could have helped her. However, if she was going to testify before the House with this issue, I’d like to imagine she could provide evidence. Secondly, you don’t seem to deny that birth control could have helped her. If it was a possible medication in this case, and is most likely cheaper than other medications, why shouldn’t her doctor be able to prescribe it and have her medical insurance cover it, since it is a medical issue. I doubt that this woman would let them remove her ovaries if there was a reasonable alternative (including another pill covered by her insurance).

      The last point I would like to touch on is the fact that you completely dismiss The Huffington Post’s article, while being a member of The Blaze, which is rife with errors, as clearly demonstrated by the contradiction between their version of the story (the woman’s friend died) and the truth (had her ovaries removed).

      Report Post »  
    • Nick84
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:00am

      With a quick search, I found this:

      “combined methods of hormonal contraception such as the combined oral contraceptive pill – the hormones in the pills may regulate the menstrual cycle, prevent the formation of follicles that can turn into cysts, and possibly shrink an existing cyst. (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1999c; Mayo Clinic, 2002e)[8]”

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovarian_Cysts#Treatment

      Report Post »  
    • Nick84
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:07am

      It’s amazing that people can be against insurance covering birth control even in cases like the one described. Maybe we should give in to Jehova’s Witnesses too and make them stop covering blood transfusions.

      Report Post »  
  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:06pm

    This is why shrill irrational women shouldn’t be in positions of power,they have no self control.

    Report Post » progressiveslayer  
    • copatriots
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:33pm

      That would mean Dems would lose all their female pols and, well, Barney, but he’s retiring anyway.

      Report Post »  
  • Abraham Young
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:05pm

    Where are the women? We removed ourselves from the debate. ROFL.

    Report Post »  
  • thefnshow
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:05pm

    if you can’t go to planned parenthood then go to walmart….$9 a month is nothing…pay for it your damn self

    Report Post » thefnshow  
  • Nick84
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:05pm

    “The law student in question – Sandra Fluke – also didn’t go down fighting”…

    Report Post »  
  • DD313
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:03pm

    Wow, these ladies did NOT do that, did they?

    Report Post » DD313  
    • ddg7
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:13pm

      The article refers to them as ‘women’ not ladies. I agree.

      Report Post »  
    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:49am

      The blame is on Whoopseed and JoylessBeehar…..They made them leave.
      TOO HOT in the kitchen? Democrappys women LEAVE.

      OMG in 2012

      Report Post »  
  • ddg7
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 7:02pm

    Run away, it’s the democratic way!

    Report Post »  
1 2 3 ... 8

Sign In To Post Comments! Sign In

Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

Glenn Beck Radio

Listen to Glenn Beck 24/7 Listen Now
Restoring Love