Sandra Fluke pens op-ed for CNN

Georgetown student and political activist Sandra Flukeliving up her newfound celebrity in an op-ed for CNN today:

By now, many have heard the stories I wanted to share thanks to the congressional leaders and members of the media who have supported me and millions of women in speaking out.

Because we spoke so loudly, opponents of reproductive health access demonized and smeared me and others on the public airwaves. These smears are obvious attempts to distract from meaningful policy discussions and to silence women's voices regarding their own health care.

These attempts to silence women and the men who support them have clearly failed. I know this because I have received so many messages of support from across the country -- women and men speaking out because they agree that contraception needs to be treated as a basic health care service.

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Attacking me and women who use contraception by calling us prostitutes and worse cannot silence us.