<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: GU law student denied testimony on contraception</title> <atom:link href="http://georgetownvoice.com/2012/02/23/gu-law-student-denied-testimony-on-contraception/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://georgetownvoice.com/2012/02/23/gu-law-student-denied-testimony-on-contraception/</link> <description>Georgetown&#039;s Weekly Newsmagazine Since 1969</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:37:21 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: Vox Populi » Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke speaks at Democratic National Convention</title><link>http://georgetownvoice.com/2012/02/23/gu-law-student-denied-testimony-on-contraception/#comment-46144</link> <dc:creator>Vox Populi » Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke speaks at Democratic National Convention</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:23:03 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://georgetownvoice.com/?p=20345#comment-46144</guid> <description><![CDATA[[...] Sandra Fluke spoke at the Democratic National Convention last Wednesday. Last February, Fluke was denied testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the requirement that employers [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Sandra Fluke spoke at the Democratic National Convention last Wednesday. Last February, Fluke was denied testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the requirement that employers [...]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Liz</title><link>http://georgetownvoice.com/2012/02/23/gu-law-student-denied-testimony-on-contraception/#comment-43285</link> <dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:30:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://georgetownvoice.com/?p=20345#comment-43285</guid> <description><![CDATA[In response to the posts:&quot;What a stupid whore. It’s not enough that she gets a free education, now she wants everyone to pay more, so she can be a worry-free skank?&quot;&quot;Fifth, the woman who was denied treatment for ovarian cysts is a separate issue. We shouldn’t have to pay for everyone in this country to have a face lift if they want it, because one person was denied plastic surgery for a facial injury.&quot;First of all, did you even READ the article? Contraception IS NOT inextricably linked to being a &quot;whore&quot; -- in fact, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a non-partisan research group for reproductive issues, 14% of women (that&#039;s 1.5 million) use contraceptive pills for NONCONTRACEPTIVE PURPOSES, including endometriosis, a medical condition. And even if contraception IS being used to prevent pregnancy, then DAMN - isn&#039;t that something that a SMART, RESPONSIBLE woman SHOULD do? Especially while she&#039;s in school and unequipped to provide for a child?! To invite women into law school to further their education (not their religion) and then deny them the services needed in order for them to stay in school and get a degree? Seems pretty contradictory to me. And let&#039;s face it. Women are having sex. Men are having sex. They&#039;re students. So what? Not every student who attends a Catholic University is going to be Catholic or follow a particular religious doctrine. And if the University expects that they do, then they shouldn&#039;t invite or accept anyone who isn&#039;t in the first place.And I&#039;m sorry, &quot;truth,&quot; but having my ovaries treated for a diagnosed medical condition that may in fact threaten my health and my future ability to get pregnant if I so choose IS NOT in the least equivalent to a face-lift. Last time I checked, plastic surgery for treating wrinkles only followed a diagnosis of vanity and superficiality. Treating ovarian cysts follows a diagnosis that if not treated results in serious health complications. But I guess according to your proposition, from now on we&#039;ll refuse to treat patients whose appendix has just ruptured, or who needs a tumor in their body treated.Your misogynist language is alarming and disgusting. Know your facts - and stop bashing on powerful, intellectual women. (Again, last time I checked, Georgetown doesn&#039;t accept &quot;stupid whores&quot; who &quot;never study&quot; and who get in to law school by skipping class to go bang).And one last thing...why are you just bashing women who want contraception? It takes two to &quot;conceive&quot; ... and I&#039;m pretty sure the men in these women&#039;s lives want them to receive contraception just as much as they do. So why no mention of them? If you&#039;re going to slam birth control users, at least save your sexism...make it a man&#039;s issue too.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In response to the posts:</p><p>&#8220;What a stupid whore.<br /> It’s not enough that she gets a free education, now she wants everyone to pay more, so she can be a worry-free skank?&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Fifth, the woman who was denied treatment for ovarian cysts is a separate issue. We shouldn’t have to pay for everyone in this country to have a face lift if they want it, because one person was denied plastic surgery for a facial injury.&#8221;</p><p>First of all, did you even READ the article? Contraception IS NOT inextricably linked to being a &#8220;whore&#8221; &#8212; in fact, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a non-partisan research group for reproductive issues, 14% of women (that&#8217;s 1.5 million) use contraceptive pills for NONCONTRACEPTIVE PURPOSES, including endometriosis, a medical condition. And even if contraception IS being used to prevent pregnancy, then DAMN &#8211; isn&#8217;t that something that a SMART, RESPONSIBLE woman SHOULD do? Especially while she&#8217;s in school and unequipped to provide for a child?! To invite women into law school to further their education (not their religion) and then deny them the services needed in order for them to stay in school and get a degree? Seems pretty contradictory to me. And let&#8217;s face it. Women are having sex. Men are having sex. They&#8217;re students. So what? Not every student who attends a Catholic University is going to be Catholic or follow a particular religious doctrine. And if the University expects that they do, then they shouldn&#8217;t invite or accept anyone who isn&#8217;t in the first place.</p><p>And I&#8217;m sorry, &#8220;truth,&#8221; but having my ovaries treated for a diagnosed medical condition that may in fact threaten my health and my future ability to get pregnant if I so choose IS NOT in the least equivalent to a face-lift. Last time I checked, plastic surgery for treating wrinkles only followed a diagnosis of vanity and superficiality. Treating ovarian cysts follows a diagnosis that if not treated results in serious health complications. But I guess according to your proposition, from now on we&#8217;ll refuse to treat patients whose appendix has just ruptured, or who needs a tumor in their body treated.</p><p>Your misogynist language is alarming and disgusting. Know your facts &#8211; and stop bashing on powerful, intellectual women. (Again, last time I checked, Georgetown doesn&#8217;t accept &#8220;stupid whores&#8221; who &#8220;never study&#8221; and who get in to law school by skipping class to go bang).</p><p>And one last thing&#8230;why are you just bashing women who want contraception? It takes two to &#8220;conceive&#8221; &#8230; and I&#8217;m pretty sure the men in these women&#8217;s lives want them to receive contraception just as much as they do. So why no mention of them? If you&#8217;re going to slam birth control users, at least save your sexism&#8230;make it a man&#8217;s issue too.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: thomas</title><link>http://georgetownvoice.com/2012/02/23/gu-law-student-denied-testimony-on-contraception/#comment-42167</link> <dc:creator>thomas</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:16:20 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://georgetownvoice.com/?p=20345#comment-42167</guid> <description><![CDATA[I am a Catholic and contraception and abortion are against my religios beliefs,However.....recently my beliefs have changed in favor of both. I beleive that if I will be forced to pay for these &quot;medical conditions&quot; by the Liberals, then I/We should have a say in the conditions of the law. I am absolutely willing to pay my part for any and all abortions if the law makes it MANDATORY FOR ALL LIBERALS TO USE CONTRACEPTION AND HAVE ABORTIONS and breaking this law is punishable by execution. This is far fetched i will admit, But Mrs. Fluke is a prime example of why we need a law like this. for the record I do understand that there are multiple reasons for these procedures and Mrs.Fluke does not represent those with ficticious stories.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a Catholic and contraception and abortion are against my religios beliefs,However&#8230;..recently my beliefs have changed in favor of both. I beleive that if I will be forced to pay for these &#8220;medical conditions&#8221; by the Liberals, then I/We should have a say in the conditions of the law. I am absolutely willing to pay my part for any and all abortions if the law makes it MANDATORY FOR ALL LIBERALS TO USE CONTRACEPTION AND HAVE ABORTIONS and breaking this law is punishable by execution. This is far fetched i will admit, But Mrs. Fluke is a prime example of why we need a law like this. for the record I do understand that there are multiple reasons for these procedures and Mrs.Fluke does not represent those with ficticious stories.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Dina</title><link>http://georgetownvoice.com/2012/02/23/gu-law-student-denied-testimony-on-contraception/#comment-41250</link> <dc:creator>Dina</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:58:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://georgetownvoice.com/?p=20345#comment-41250</guid> <description><![CDATA[Have any of you actually read anything? Just asking because it seems you have neglected to mention the fact that Georgetown covers contraception for the administration!!! Also, students pay to go to college and pay for their insurance plans through the college.  You are not paying for anything! They have student loans to pay back after school!! It is not free especially at a school like Georgetown!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have any of you actually read anything? Just asking because it seems you have neglected to mention the fact that Georgetown covers contraception for the administration!!! Also, students pay to go to college and pay for their insurance plans through the college.  You are not paying for anything! They have student loans to pay back after school!! It is not free especially at a school like Georgetown!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Dina</title><link>http://georgetownvoice.com/2012/02/23/gu-law-student-denied-testimony-on-contraception/#comment-41249</link> <dc:creator>Dina</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:54:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://georgetownvoice.com/?p=20345#comment-41249</guid> <description><![CDATA[The vulgarity of all your responses shows your bigotry!!! I have not seen one response that is not degrading to women and it is disgusting. Contraception and Promiscuity are not mutually exclusive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You all need to grow up and take a look at yourselves. How degrading you all are and you should be ashamed of yourselves! Makes me embarrassed to be in the same gender!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The vulgarity of all your responses shows your bigotry!!! I have not seen one response that is not degrading to women and it is disgusting. Contraception and Promiscuity are not mutually exclusive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p><p>You all need to grow up and take a look at yourselves. How degrading you all are and you should be ashamed of yourselves! Makes me embarrassed to be in the same gender!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Poetikus</title><link>http://georgetownvoice.com/2012/02/23/gu-law-student-denied-testimony-on-contraception/#comment-40729</link> <dc:creator>Poetikus</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:18:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://georgetownvoice.com/?p=20345#comment-40729</guid> <description><![CDATA[And tis only the truth that continues to be tortured by Fluke and her ilk: http://caldwellscorner.com/blog/?p=3418]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And tis only the truth that continues to be tortured by Fluke and her ilk:<br /> <a href="http://caldwellscorner.com/blog/?p=3418" rel="nofollow">http://caldwellscorner.com/blog/?p=3418</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Chris Ehlers</title><link>http://georgetownvoice.com/2012/02/23/gu-law-student-denied-testimony-on-contraception/#comment-40702</link> <dc:creator>Chris Ehlers</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:08:34 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://georgetownvoice.com/?p=20345#comment-40702</guid> <description><![CDATA[Connor, please do not misrepresent Catholic Charities. They do not support the HHS Mandate. Please submit a retraction at once. It took one minute to confirm this at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/291449/catholic-charities-does-not-support-hhs-mandate-or-white-house-accommodation-kathryn-j]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Connor, please do not misrepresent Catholic Charities. They do not support the HHS Mandate. Please submit a retraction at once. It took one minute to confirm this at: <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/291449/catholic-charities-does-not-support-hhs-mandate-or-white-house-accommodation-kathryn-j" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/291449/catholic-charities-does-not-support-hhs-mandate-or-white-house-accommodation-kathryn-j</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Matt</title><link>http://georgetownvoice.com/2012/02/23/gu-law-student-denied-testimony-on-contraception/#comment-40699</link> <dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:02:43 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://georgetownvoice.com/?p=20345#comment-40699</guid> <description><![CDATA[I just don&#039;t get it... The university policy already has exceptions for women with medical reasons to use contraception, if they are breaking the policy which Ms. Fluke is saying then that&#039;s one issue, trying to get the university and other institutions to change its policy which go against there teachings thats an entirely different thing...  You hvlave the choice to attend that university,  you are lucky they even have a health care system for students.  Healthcare is not a right!  Higher education is not a right either!!! Get some brains people!!!Also she&#039;s THIRTY, join the real world, get a job and pay for your own damn insurance!!!This isn&#039;t a women&#039;s rights issue, it&#039;s an issue of the government telling me and others that they have to do something that we don&#039;t want to do and shouldn&#039;t have to do.  The only birth control that I want to pay for it my wife&#039;s and my daughters, not some 30 year old student.  Hey I did my time in college to get my phd, I struggled to get by, I have earned my money.  Don&#039;t tell me that you should get more of my money to pay for your birth control!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just don&#8217;t get it&#8230; The university policy already has exceptions for women with medical reasons to use contraception, if they are breaking the policy which Ms. Fluke is saying then that&#8217;s one issue, trying to get the university and other institutions to change its policy which go against there teachings thats an entirely different thing&#8230;  You hvlave the choice to attend that university,  you are lucky they even have a health care system for students.  Healthcare is not a right!  Higher education is not a right either!!! Get some brains people!!!</p><p>Also she&#8217;s THIRTY, join the real world, get a job and pay for your own damn insurance!!!</p><p>This isn&#8217;t a women&#8217;s rights issue, it&#8217;s an issue of the government telling me and others that they have to do something that we don&#8217;t want to do and shouldn&#8217;t have to do.  The only birth control that I want to pay for it my wife&#8217;s and my daughters, not some 30 year old student.  Hey I did my time in college to get my phd, I struggled to get by, I have earned my money.  Don&#8217;t tell me that you should get more of my money to pay for your birth control!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Vox Populi » DeGioia responds to attacks against Sandra Fluke</title><link>http://georgetownvoice.com/2012/02/23/gu-law-student-denied-testimony-on-contraception/#comment-40617</link> <dc:creator>Vox Populi » DeGioia responds to attacks against Sandra Fluke</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:40:13 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://georgetownvoice.com/?p=20345#comment-40617</guid> <description><![CDATA[[...] control and criticizing the media for the personal attacks against her. A few weeks ago, Fluke testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about the university&#8217;s student [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] control and criticizing the media for the personal attacks against her. A few weeks ago, Fluke testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about the university&#8217;s student [...]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Maria</title><link>http://georgetownvoice.com/2012/02/23/gu-law-student-denied-testimony-on-contraception/#comment-40527</link> <dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:49:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://georgetownvoice.com/?p=20345#comment-40527</guid> <description><![CDATA[The problem is partly United HealthCare. No one is denying contraception to women; United HealthCare is denying that medication for what is a covered condition. That&#039;s a different legal problem &amp; they should be dragged back to court (again, I might add!) to answer for that. Anyone who has had them has had justifiable things denied. They&#039;re TERRIBLE and cheap for employers. Another problem with Ms. Fluke is that she is not an EMPLOYEE; this legislation applies to employees, not students. Another problem: there are other ways to get free or cheap contraception. My understanding is that she is for all students, including those who do want it as contraception only. Make their boyfriend pay it or the &quot;door&quot; is closed til they do! That&#039;ll get those worthless guys to pay up! This is not a Women&#039;s Issue, and shame on those tho think it is.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem is partly United HealthCare. No one is denying contraception to women; United HealthCare is denying that medication for what is a covered condition. That&#8217;s a different legal problem &amp; they should be dragged back to court (again, I might add!) to answer for that. Anyone who has had them has had justifiable things denied. They&#8217;re TERRIBLE and cheap for employers. Another problem with Ms. Fluke is that she is not an EMPLOYEE; this legislation applies to employees, not students. Another problem: there are other ways to get free or cheap contraception. My understanding is that she is for all students, including those who do want it as contraception only. Make their boyfriend pay it or the &#8220;door&#8221; is closed til they do! That&#8217;ll get those worthless guys to pay up! This is not a Women&#8217;s Issue, and shame on those tho think it is.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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