Jon Stewart Rips Congress' All-Male Birth Control Panel (VIDEO)

Jon Stewart continued his coverage of the great birth control debate in Washington on Monday night's "Daily Show," this time taking on Thursday's House Oversight Committee hearing that included almost no women.

It's safe to say that Stewart took issue with Republican Chairman Darrell Issa's all-male panel at the hearing. Not only were no women allowed to speak in support of birth control coverage, but the men who spoke against it used such hyperboles as "soul rape" and an allusion to Joseph Stalin to fuel their argument.

"I mean, no one loves their insurance plan, but soul rape?" Stewart asked.

He also pointed out that the Catholic church already provides insurance plans which cover Viagra for men: "Does that rape the soul?"

After taking on more outlandish statements on religion, women's rights and birth control (you can watch the full clip above), Stewart turned to his own (nearly) all-male panel of contraception experts in a new segment called, "Jon Stewart's Eye On The Ladies." We'll let you decide if his panel is more or less balanced than the one our government put together.

WATCH: Jon Stewart's "Eye On The Ladies"

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Comments

[Michael Gene Sullivan]

11:21 AM on 03/03/2012

The Bible also allows slavery, but the U.S. has a law against that. Is the church exempt? (I mean actual slavery, not the mental kind churches already practice.)

[Y Woodman Brown]

12:26 PM on 02/23/2012

That's why they call it an 'oversight' committee.

[mutopis]

10:17 AM on 02/23/2012

Thursday's House Oversight Committee hearing that included almost no women.

worst sausage fest ever... perhaps the women should take a page and wear fake mustaches, not that the GOP will notice anything...

[jvabevofox]

09:27 AM on 02/23/2012

The so called Christian GOP consevitives condem the Muslim religion because they deny women there rights then pull stunts like this. GOP consevitive phony Christian men telling women they must abide by there rules. The catholic church defends and protects child molestors then claim they hold the moral high ground. Say what??

[jvabevofox]

09:12 AM on 02/23/2012

Why can't these vedios be watched??

[shutupdanny]

07:25 AM on 02/23/2012

Dear Brian,
I never thought I'd be writing this letter...

[Cye]

05:54 AM on 02/23/2012

Even if the panel was convened to talk only about religious freedom, its still a wonder that no women were invited. Don't women have anything to contribute to the conversation? Or is it understood that women are merely the subject of religious doctrines and, as such, can have nothing to say on the topic?

[Anonymous227]

04:32 AM on 02/23/2012

There is IMHO a huge disconnect between comparing ED medication and birth control. First of all, the reason this is a big deal is that Catholic programs are being asked to pay for a program which to them a sin. I personally do not have issues with contraceptive, specifically within marriage, or for 'other' non-child bearing related reasons. To be forced to support or pay for an insurance plan that Guarantees contraceptives is forcing someone (Catholic institutions) against their moral inclinations and I feel that is wrong.
That pork comment was poorly stated, but it did make sense...

[jvabevofox]

09:19 AM on 02/23/2012

It goes against everything I think is right to have more added to my doctor bill's, hospital bill's. ins. premiums and taxes to pay for ins. for the people that feel they should get for free.

[Jessica Refsnider]

10:14 AM on 02/24/2012

I don't ever get the flu, so I don't think it's right that I have to pay for you to get the flu shot.

[Winthorpe]

03:41 AM on 02/23/2012

Who was the last person to argue that both major parties are just as bad?

[Zayeda Star]

12:12 AM on 02/23/2012

i wonder if religious organisations don't higher non religious people, and if so would that be discrimination and can they be sued

[Dusty Farmer]

08:31 PM on 02/22/2012

I am so glad that all these male doctors care so much about women's health...oh wait...

[Garudastan]

08:13 PM on 02/22/2012

glad to see his work off hulu where those outside the US have trouble viewing.

[aforbes808]

12:37 PM on 02/22/2012

Pointing out the glaring HYPOCRISY. Thank you John. Love ya.

[ikedowser77]

12:19 PM on 02/22/2012

Some Liberal Democrats think Jon Stewart is smart. Well a liberal would think so.

[aforbes808]

12:34 PM on 02/22/2012

Because we actually think.

[SmugBrit]

04:20 PM on 02/22/2012

anybody with a sense of humor regardless of political view should be able to recognize smart humor.
Just like I can tell that the Republican candidates are really funny, OK, not smart, perhaps you have a point

[foxfury]

07:23 AM on 02/22/2012

Could someone explain the Elijah Wood thing?

[Zerosat]

12:03 AM on 02/23/2012

Tried watching again... Passover Seder, according to wiki, is a Jewish Ritual, and as Wood is not Jewish, but commonly mistaken for one, such a move by Obama would be a gaffe...I guess

[mutopis]

10:16 AM on 02/23/2012

I am not Jewish and even I got the joke...