At a Congressional hearing on a woman's unalienable right to free contraceptives, a representative of Generation-sex enlightens us on the high cost of copulation:
“Forty percent of the female students at Georgetown Law reported to us that they struggled financially as a result of this policy (Georgetown student insurance not covering contraception),” Fluke reported."As you know"? Well, maybe they do, seeing as they're probably all lawyers. But I had no idea. Ms. Sandra Fluke goes on:
It costs a female student $3,000 to have protected sex over the course of her three-year stint in law school, according to her calculations.
“Without insurance coverage, contraception, as you know, can cost a woman over $3,000 during law school,” Fluke told the hearing.
“We refuse to pick between a quality education and our health and we resent that, in the 21st Century, anyone thinks it’s acceptable to ask us to make that choice simply because we are women,” Fluke said."Resent" being the key word. (And either the young ladies at the high-priced Catholic law school are phenomenally 'active' or Ms. Fluke's numbers are off. Also, the Pill costs just $9.00 a month at Target.)
(I guess it's too much to expect men to contribute to the glorious cause of "women's health"?)
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Afterthought: Via this classic Steyn post from 2010, a reminder that condoms are already free in DC. The Obama administration's pretense that women "lack access" to "reproductive health" accessories is a complete crock.
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Via a Twitter DM, Backyard Conservative Anne Leary pointed out another important point: These law students don't seem to know or care much about the 1st Amendment. Perhaps they should study more and pursue the joys of "women's health" a bit less. Anne's post on the subject is here.
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From the comments below, some added info from just a conservative girl:
I have friend who is an attorney and a Georgetown grad. He tells me the real issue that they have is that you cannot purchase it on campus even with third party vendors.See jacg's post on the subject here.
He says it is a big topic of contention there. So my guess would be they don't really care about the costs so much as the fact that they have to go to CVS that is three blocks away to get what they need. Heaven forbid.
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The Anchoress has an amusing take.
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These poor silly girls who sell themselves so cheaply in the cause of feminism and empowerment make me sad.
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Free condoms in NYC? They're virtually everywhere, and there's an app for that.
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Many thanks to Michelle Malkin for the link.
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I googled it. There are four planned parenthoods within 10 miles of campus.
ReplyDeleteMy real question is how do the dems get these people to go in front of congress and outright lie?
If I must subsidize entertainment for these college girls' vaginas, then I demand somebody subsidize Disneyland tickets for me.
ReplyDeleteWhy should I be forced to pay for a ride I can't take?
DeleteWay back when I was in college, when the earth was still cooling, we had a name for these girls....and it wasn't "ladies".
ReplyDeleteI want to weep for our culture. There is absolutely no shame in being a slut. Where are their mothers? Was nothing of goodness, holiness transmitted to them in their youth? What is it with Georgetown? Covering up Jesus to worship their false god! Where are the bishops? Where are the bishops? Where are the bishops? Where are the bishops?
ReplyDeleteIt's simple. Random sexual activity now equals "women's health." Those who would refuse to pay for that want women to be sick.
ReplyDeleteJill:
ReplyDeleteI have friend who is an attorney and a Georgetown grad. He tells me the real issue that they have is that you cannot purchase it on campus even with third party vendors.
He says it is a big topic of contention there. So my guess would be they don't really care about the costs so much as the fact that they have to go to CVS that is three blocks away to get what they need. Heaven forbid.
You'd think these hip young things would be shopping online.
DeleteAspirin is far cheaper than $3000 for three years.
ReplyDeleteHeh.
DeleteI was just in the truck and heard a funny line from Rush about this whole Georgetown thing - something along the lines of, "These girls want to be paid for having sex? You know what that makes them, right?"
ReplyDeleteNow, now, is that such a bad thing?
ReplyDeleteWhen I read this, a number of things went through my mind. First was the math. 3,000.00 dollars for three years. 3,000.00/3= 1,000.00. Cost of birth control pills maybe 25.00 a month in one quote (nine in another), lets go with 25.00. That is 300.00 a year. 1,000.00 - 300.00 = 700.00 left over. For condoms I am assuming. "Safe sex" and all... You can get 52 condoms for thirty dollars. That is 700.00 / 30.00 which equals 23.33 boxes of fifty-two condoms totaling 1,213.16 condoms a year! That is 3.32 condoms used in a day! Now if you get 9.00 pills I think it runs around 8.1 condoms a day!
ReplyDeleteWhich brings me to my second thought "I want to go to law school!" DUDE!!! When do they study? When do they eat? When do they sleep? Shop? Drive? Wow!
But it does explain how after law school most attorneys come out appearing to be brain dead. If the math holds, they did literally screw their collective brains out!
Or...
They could be lying and allowed to do it by those too stupid (again lawyers) to realize we could add.
Jeez...
It is shameful we are actually having this argument as it proves what I said in my recent blog. The Left/government has won. We are arguing from the place they want us too. Not it is the job of the government to provide for all our needs, but just how much the government should provide. We are Europe twenty years ago. Soon we'll be Greece. From the blog-
...But the real target is the children. It is always the children, from religious orders to modern sociology to Mao. Indoctrination is the key to building a society of drones. Like the EU. As much as the citizens over there look independent, they aren’t because they start all their bitching from a place where the government sets the argument. For example, what is Greece arguing about? How much should the government take care of its citizens; how early can they retire, what kind of healthcare, education, etc. They aren’t arguing that the government shouldn’t be responsible for those things in the first place- the argument we are having now. No, that isn’t the issue at all and that means the governments have won. “You need us.” is accepted. Now the argument is only about “how much” do you need us and how much money and power and control are you willing to give up in order to get what you want. Yikes!!...
http://truthandcommonsense.com/2012/02/29/it-is-almost-criminal-what-the-food-police-are-doing-to-the-military/