How many women

[auroragold]

are testifying before Congress on birth control today?

[jerzeetomato]

 seems kinda screwed up, doesn't it???

[BoomsBB]

Oh Boy...no pun intended....

[bootiecall]

Quoting BoomsBB:

Oh Boy...no pun intended....

LOL. But not funny

[auroragold]

and check out THIS little tidbit

• On Capitol Hill, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) held hearings on contraception and religious freedom that produced the now-famous picture of a table full of mencalled to weigh in on access to contraceptives. Democrats wanted a woman — a Georgetown law student with a friend who lost an ovary because the university doesn’t cover birth control — to say her piece at the hearing, but Issa wouldn’t let her on the panel. He said she wasn’t “appropriate or qualified” to discuss the topic at hand.

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/how-the-gop-went-back-to-the-1950s-in-just-one-day.php?ref=fpa&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=1950

[auroragold]

and this little beauty (from the same source as above)

 Foster Friess, the billionaire backer of Rick Santorum’s campaign, became an instant celebrity when he went on Andrea Mitchell’s MSNBC show and said, “Back in my day, they used Bayer aspirin for contraceptives. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn’t that costly.”

[AmaliaD]

lol... the girl isnt appropriate to talk about bc but they are - whatever - no wonder this country is going to hell in a handbasket.  

[Yellowlily333]

I just heard of this mess- am I clear on this people are anti people using birth control? I understand some groups are against it-have always have been, and dont push it on others. But now what?

[auroragold]

Quoting Yellowlily333:

I just heard of this mess- am I clear on this people are anti people using birth control? I understand some groups are against it-have always have been, and dont push it on others. But now what?

The question is:  should employers offering health care coverage also be required to offer coverage for contraception (birth control)?

So if you work for a religious institution and get their health care coverage, should that also include birth control?  

Those institutions say "NO - birth control is against our beliefs so we should not have to provide coverage for it"

[Yellowlily333]

Ahh, I see. Thank you for clearing that up!

Quoting auroragold:

Quoting Yellowlily333:

I just heard of this mess- am I clear on this people are anti people using birth control? I understand some groups are against it-have always have been, and dont push it on others. But now what?

The question is:  should employers offering health care coverage also be required to offer coverage for contraception (birth control)?

So if you work for a religious institution and get their health care coverage, should that also include birth control?  

Those institutions say "NO - birth control is against our beliefs so we should not have to provide coverage for it"

[atlmom2]

I don't think the govt. should be talking about this at all.  Stay out of it, govt.  I wish they would take as much time figuring out how to spend less and lower taxes!!!  The economy should be number 1 priority.