Nancy Pelosi and the Dems called a hearing to hear from a law student who is going to Georgetown Law School who said that her wish to have contraceptive coverage in her student health plan should be honored. She said she should not have to choose between a quality education and contraception coverage and not to have this coverage causes her "financial, emotional and medical burdens." Georgetown is a Jesuit college.
She also argued that contraception might be for fighting a disease and not just preventing pregnancy.
At Thursday’s staged hearing, Fluke said she chose to go to law school at Georgetown because it offers a quality education, but she also expected the school to accommodate students who do not share the Catholic belief that contraceptives, abortifacients, and sterilization are immoral.
"A friend of mine, for example, has polycystic ovarian syndrome, and she has to take prescription birth control to stop cysts from growing on her ovaries. Her prescription is technically covered by Georgetown’s insurance because it’s not intended to prevent pregnancy."
But Fluke noted that her friend "never got the insurance company to cover her prescription. Despite verifications of her illness from her doctor, her claim was denied repeatedly on the assumption that she really wanted birth control to prevent pregnancy. She’s gay."
The friend, unable to afford the out-of-pocket costs of her mediation, finally stopped taking it, and ended up having her ovary removed because of a cyst. Now the gay woman wonders if she'll be able to give her mother "desperately desired grandbabies."
Huh???? Well while I was letting that statement settle in I looked up the fees for Law School at Georgetown ....ready for this???? $46,865.00/yr!!!! Think she can buy her own contraceptives?????
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