Between Rick Santorum who suggested it costs “just a few dollars,” Senator Ron Johnson who said “any woman in America can get free contraceptives,” and Rep. Tom Price who said that “not one” woman doesn’t have access to contraception in the United States, you’d think birth control was being handed out as freely as candy on Halloween. And in fact, nothing could be further from the truth.
Good morning everyone! We hope you had an enjoyable evening and celebrated Mardi Gras in style because tonight we buckle down for a Republican presidential debate. This is the final debate before Super Tuesday on March 6, when voters in 10 states go to the polls. We’re expecting that women’s health, and particularly contraception, will be topics for discussion. We’ll be live-Tweeting and fact checking as always. And speaking of fact checking, here’s what we’re reading this morning:
Good morning everyone; we hope you had a restful Presidents’ Day Weekend! As the Senate remains in recess, leaving Roy Blunt’s amendment dangling in uncertainty, there’s plenty going on in the states as anti-women’s health legislation makes its way in Virginia and New Hampshire (among others). But these unpopular bills aren’t moving without a fight. Meanwhile, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney continue to duke it out in the final days before voters in Michigan and Arizona cast their ballots next week in the next Republican presidential primaries (or as well like to call it, the race to see who could be worst for women’s health).
Rick Santorum's biggest financial backer, billionaire Foster Friess, spoke about women and birth control on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports. What he had to say was shocking.
Our champs and chumps piece really wrote itself this week…It began with Senator Roy Blunt from Missouri introducing an amendment that would not only give religiously affiliated institutions the power to deny health care benefits to their employees; it would allow ANY employer to deny benefits based on so-called moral conviction.
Check out the must-watch clip of billionare investor and Rick Santorum supporter Foster Friess speaking about his favorite republican presidential candidate on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports. What he has to say about women and contraception is simply shocking.
Today's picture is from the House Committe on Oversight and Government Reform's hearing on women's health. Here's what Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards had to say about it:
Good afternoon, everyone! Despite the fact that a vote on the Blunt amendment (which would give any employer the power to deny insurance coverage based on a so-called “moral conviction”) is being pushed back until after the Presidents’ Day recess, it’s a busy day here in Washington. Congressman Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has convened a hearing on religious institutions and the president’s decision to protect access to birth control. We’ve been following the hearing closely, so expect a follow-up later today. In the meantime, here’s what we’re reading and watching.
Good afternoon everyone! Another day and we still can’t believe it’s real — Republicans are actually fighting to take away no-cost birth control from millions of American women, despite its popularity and classification as basic health care by the medical community. We have to wonder if this is something the pollsters actually recommended, considering that 99 percent of sexually active women have used birth control at some point in their lives, including 98 percent of Catholic women.
There's been a lot of talk about the Obama administration's decision to protect no-cost birth control for women no matter where they work. While many have applauded the president for reaffirming his commitment to women, there have been some reactions which can only be described as more than a little crazy.
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