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Wed Mar 14, 2012 at 08:54 AM PDT
Republicans have lost the birth control debate
by Joan McCarter
Nice corner you've painted yourself into there, GOP.
Seventy-seven percent of respondents to this Bloomberg poll think that the political debate over birth control should not be happening, and 62 percent completely reject the idea that this is about "religious liberty," and recognize that is absolutely is a matter of womens health and access to birth control. Here's how one respondent, a Republican woman, responded on the question:
I dont understand why its even an issue in politicsa womans decision of what shes going to do for her health and her family, said Alycia Vetter, a 44-year-old Republican and Romney supporter in Denver. And Im pro-life.
Hopefully a lot of Republicans, like Ms. Vetter, will finally wake up to the fact that the extremists are now in charge of their party. Maybe it will make them pay a little more attention to things like Mitt Romney vowing to end Planned Parenthood and rethink their support.
www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/14/1074305/-Republicans-have-lost-the-birth-control-nbsp-debate
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HA!HA!HA!HA! LOVE these numbers!!!! (Original Post)
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rfranklin
(13,200 posts)1. They will double down and go for ritual removal of the clitoris at puberty...
they are like children molesters...they cannot help themselves and they cannot be reformed.
Stephanie Kopf
(13 posts)2. Republicans and the birth control debate
Hahaha indeed...
NAO
(3,425 posts)3. Are you sure the 77% who think it "should not" be part of the debate
are not angry at Democrats for using it as a wedge issue? (Even as they concede that it's a woman's health issue).
The Republicans are the ones who made it into an issue. The Democrats are rightfully defending it.
If someone acts looney (like the Republicans in this case) it's our civic duty to stand up and say "Hey! Those people are looney!!"
tsuki
(11,994 posts)5. She'll probably still vote Reapubligan. nt