Female Democrats Have Walked Out on Issa's Contraception Hearing

There are really and truly only 2 problems this country needs to solve, Republicans and Democrats!

if bill control pills for women are going to be covered, so that they can have sex without worry about getting pregnant, should older guys get viagra medicine covered so they can have sex with these women? Should this be a 2 way street?

Get serious you idiot politicians. Make birth control an "over the counter" drug. Women shouldn't have to go to a doctor to buy a medication that can safely be used by reading the directions. If they can't use it safely, this is an education issue, not a health insurance issue, medical, doctor, #$%$ issue.

Someone commented that there should be no more employer covered health insurance and that would lower the cost of health insurance. But the numbers of employers offering health insurance has been steadily declining while the premiums for health insurance keep rising. Trying to buy individual health insurance is, for far too many, cost prohibitive and if a middle income individual has any prior health issues, then procuring health insurance on one's own is nearly impossible. The advantage of health insurance through one's employer is that usually it is group insurance, a large group of people buying the insurance which is supposed to lower costs and if you have health issue, you can still get the insurance. If you are a young, healthy person without a family yet, then this issue may seem a simple one. Just go out and get insurance. I can tell you it is not that simple or affordable.

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My sentiments exactly. They ain't in Albany, that's for sure.

The GOP is for smaller government. Don't ya, just love it? LOL

Keep 'em poor, keep 'em comin' ....

Sooo is America a democracy or theocracy its becoming a lil blurry these days

This issue is distracting from real issues. Frankly, insurance companies have no problem paying for birth control. Just one prenatal visit on a healthy fetus could cost more than birth control for the whole year.

Can't a woman decide on what's best for her or does she need the government to decide?

The problem is that the "contraception issue" is not only about religious freedom, but also about a person's rights. I agree that people shouldn't have to go against their religious beliefs. But how far does that go? Where do we draw the line? If my boss were a muslim, should I be forced to wear concealing clothing to meet his beliefs? Or what if my boss believed in faith healing only? Can he then refuse to get employees any healthcare because it's against his beliefs? There is a separation of church and state for a reason.

The real issue is that the institutions which are religious backed (universities or hospitals) also accept federal funds. My taxes go to pay for these institutions. I wasn't asked if I wanted my taxes to go to them. Perhaps they could simply fix this problem by no longer accepting federal funds. Then they could choose to supply whatever limited healthcare policy they want. Until that happens, they should provide the standard preventative healthcare policies, which has come to include contraception.

most religions don't recognize homosexuality. guess what comes next. this country feels like nazi germany more and more everyday.

We don't have group rights, we have individual rights under the Constitution. Thus, each individual is protected from mob rule in our representative republic.

i thought there was suppose to be a division between state and religion? i guess not like abortion this should be between a woman and her right to choose NOT between a woman the religion and the government...and by the way isn't viagra covered under these plans??? i guess once again women are 2nd on the list

I think it was stupid of them not to include a woman, it would have been easy. there's plenty of female bible beaters out there. the whole panel should have been women of different faiths. it would have given the cause more credibility. it just shows that issa is an arrogant sexist prick who shouldn't be reelected.

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I have one question if they were truely going to discuss religion at this hearing why couldn't they include just one woman of faith? You can't tell me that they couldn't find one woman who is a priest or pastor? Furthermore this is about religion but only christians were included in this hearing...oh yea and one jew. But this hearing is supposidly about religion? Yeah right. It is only about one religion. All they managed to do was imply that not only do women not have the right to choose what is right for thier bodies, but they must not be religious either.

I watched the committee hearings for two hours this morning, and I can tell you without question that it was not a discussion on contraception. It was a discussion of the government stepping into religious liberty and the first amendment of the US Constitution. The 5 gentlemen who were at the witness table at no time misrepresented themselves or the people who share their beliefs, male or female.

It's not about reproductive rights, therefore no women allowed? Okay, so you're going to say their emotionally invested in their viewpoint. So if there was a hearing on organized religion, and only atheists were involved, Issa would have no problem with that?

If church run businesses take tax money, they need to conform to federal laws like everyone else