[Thursday, 02.16.2012] on Capitol Hill, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform assembled a panel to discuss the birth control mandate in President Obama’s Affordable Care Act. The panel consisted of eight male anti-choice, anti-contraception religious leaders and one female anti-choice witness. None had health credentials. . . .
California [Reactionary] Darrell Issa chaired the panel, and because [Reactionaries] hold a majority in the House, he was able to choreograph the entire proceedings. He thoughtfully assembled a diverse group of men who don’t necessarily have any real, fact-based reason to oppose birth control except for the fact that it made them feel icky. Invited to testify were five men. And no women. The whole thing was, to put it as succinctly as possible, depressing as fuck.
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It was very depressing to see. It is sad that the Christian Right and Republican Party have come so far as overt and unapologetic sexism…not to mention all of the other areas they offend a rational person.
Why aren’t the women complaining? These deluded idiots are geared toward making important decisions dogmatic and of course religious silliness is colouring the whole thing with a veneer of nastiness.
It was indeed shocking that we ended up being no better than an islamic theocracy where laws governing women are written by men. If we do not show these representatives the door in the next elections, then we have only ourselves to blame.