<p>Description given at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://democrats.oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=5636:oversight-democrats-call-on-issa-to-condemn-limbaughs-attack-against-women-and-contraceptives&amp;catid=3:press-releases&amp;Itemid=49">democrats.oversight.house.gov</a> website: <br>Washington, DC (March 1, 2012)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and 14 Democratic Committee Members sent a letter requesting that Chairman Darrell Issa join them in strongly condemning vicious remarks made by radio host Rush Limbaugh about Sandra Fluke, the third-year student at Georgetown law school who was denied the opportunity to testify at the Committee’s hearing on contraceptives on February 16, 2012.
</p><p>“Yesterday’s statements by Rush Limbaugh were a vicious assault, not only against Ms. Fluke but against women across the country who rely on birth control and want it covered by their health insurance policies,” the Democrats wrote. “As the Chairman of the Committee that first attempted to silence Ms. Fluke and prevent her from testifying, you are in a unique position to speak out now on her behalf and to join us in condemning, in the strongest possible terms, this very public and very malicious attack on all women who share her views.”
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Limbaugh’s statements continue a troubling nationwide campaign to roll back access to contraceptives for millions of women across the country.  Earlier today, the Senate narrowly defeated Republican legislation to allow any employer to deny coverage for any contraceptives or other medical treatments they believe contradict their undefined “moral convictions.”
Congressman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Cummings" class="extiw" title="w:Elijah Cummings">Elijah Cummings</a>; signed by 14 Democratic members of the Oversight Committee
2012-03-01
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