Julia Pellicciaro's List: morality vs. politics

• refused to invite Sandra Fluke, a young law student to speak
• Democrats held their own hearing
• Fluke testified there that while Georgetown, the Roman Catholic-run university she attends, provides some health insurance, it does not include contraception – and the pill can cost $1,000 per year
• bill that would require ultrasounds for women seeking to have abortions, that those who didn’t want to see the fetal images could “just … close your eyes.”
• Romney’s is cheering up his Republican caucus in Congress by proposing to “get rid of” Planned Parenthood
• For many women, Planned Parenthood is their sole health care provider
• Santorum’s opposition to women serving in combat
• no Statehood without “fluent command of English.”

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