gallantwarrior
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OK. Here's the link.
Sandra Fluke's Controversial Birth Control Testimony - YouTube
It is pretty clear to me that most who are discussing this have not heard her testimony.
First time viewing, so I'll weigh in on an initial impression:
Sandie makes some very good points, especially the point that no government or other agency should come between a woman and her physician when the woman's health care decisions are involved. Well, yes, Sandie, and that should be extrapolated to cover all peoples' decisions about their personal health care. Funny, you would stand for government mandating how other people and their physicians make decisions and carry out treatment programs, just not how women deal with contraception.
I do not agree that acquiring contraception is a great financial burden. If the gals don't want to pay out of pocket for the full monty, there are many privately and government funded programs that will provide contraceptives at low- or no cost to them. As far as going without contraception at all, I'll cry bullshit about that too. Hey, where are the guys in all this? In my day, guys always had a rubber stuffed in their wallet...just in case. Rubbers are contraceptives, too.
An additional point, if I am not mistaken, doesn't the catholic church also promote abstinence until after marriage? Even if you are not catholic, you have chosen (for your personal reasons) to attend an educational institution that supports catholic ideals. By choosing such an institution, you have entered into an implied contract to abide by their rules. Oh, universities are not democracies, so it is really not relevant what the majority of the students want.