Sandra Fluke: Some Legislation Targeting Women's Health 'Dangerous' But Affordable Care Act 'Amazing'

Sandra Fluke and Laura Bassett during their video discussion in HuffPost's D.C. office.

While Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke calls some legislation that targets women's health "dangerous," she only has good things to say about President Obama's health care reform bill.

Fluke, whom Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) rejected as a witness before an all-male congressional panel on the contraception-funding mandate, found herself in the media spotlight after radio host Rush Limbaugh called her a "slut" for advocating that employer health plans cover contraception.

Obama called to support Fluke, who has become something of an unofficial spokesperson for young women in the contraception debate.

"The Affordable Care Act is amazing legislation and really groundbreaking, especially for women," she told reporter Laura Bassett during a live video discussion Thursday in HuffPost's D.C. office. "It does so many things for women's health. Of course there's the women's preventive care amendment, which the contraception regulation is a part of, and it includes screening for breast cancer, for cervical cancer, for domestic violence because of course that's an aspect of women's health as well."

Watch the video above and the full interview below.

Comments

[Tomor]

11:07 PM on 06/12/2012

Sandra Fluke's testimony was hilarious. $1,000 a year for contraceptive at Georgetown when Walmart provides the same for $9 a month. Exaggeration of this magnitude eliminates her as a truthful witness.

[AaronNight]

12:48 AM on 05/01/2012

Wow. I mean, really, wow. Almost once a week, I stop in on American media websites, just to remind myself that however frustrated I become with my own country... hey... it could always be worse. I feel for the Americans with a brain, or sense of humanity, or any social awareness whatsoever. It's hard to believe these fights are actually existing - and in the country that, if countries were human, would have long been diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder - "American Excpetionalism"?! It's exceptionally SOMETHING, but what, nobody outside of America can close their mouths long enough and overcome their disbelief to rationalise it. I don't know. Just wow.

[seabass193]

09:36 PM on 04/06/2012

i find it a bit insulting in that she makes women sound like they have no control over what they do. they absolutely need the pill immediately before their pants magically come off.

i also find it ridiculous that people say republicans are attacking womens' rights. it is a matter of respecting private institutions/organizations' rights to decline supporting things they morally object to.

i think we can all agree that medical conditions should be covered, which they are. that means women need a way to get affordable birth control. how about planned parenthood? you can get contraception for as cheap as $15.00 a month. however, i feel that this could be one of those situations where the elitists tout planned parenthood as being good enough for everybody, but wouldn't go there because they are above it. kind of like congressional members giving us healthcare, but not partaking in the same programs that are good enough for the masses.

i am so tired of this manufactured outrage over non-issues.

[DoubleFixed]

12:35 PM on 04/06/2012

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[Taiyo]

05:09 PM on 04/05/2012

The Republicans are always advocating for "less government" and "fewer regulations." Yet
now they want to intrude on the most intimate part of women's lives, mandating ultrasounds and outlawing contraception. I don't get it. Any self-respecting woman -- Republican or Democrat -- that votes for these misogynistic cavemen is totally lacking in pride.

[ofnet776]

05:00 PM on 04/05/2012

You would have thought that a month later she would have gone away. There are no such bills that go after women's rights or healthcare. She is just trying to rile up attention where there is nothing going on.

[scorpions5]

05:05 PM on 04/05/2012

Did you just come out of your cave to hunt for food?

[johnr49]

05:06 PM on 04/05/2012

You obviously haven't been paying attention.

[MyOwnPerson172]

04:51 PM on 04/05/2012

So many here have missed the point. Most BC is used as PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE and should be covered by institutions insurance--even Georgetown's.

Republicans in many states have pushed for bans on BC through their personhood laws, which even with backing from the likes of "Pink Slip Etch-a-Sketch" Mitt have been repeatedly voted down, if brought to the electorate.

[Gorlock Jones]

04:53 PM on 04/05/2012

Troll much? Maybe you could try to offer some sort of reasoned argument. Oh, that's right you guys don't do that. After William Buckley died, the term 'conservative intellectual' officially became an oxymoron.

[ultrawiz]

05:00 PM on 04/05/2012

As did your application to kindergarten....

[rascalcat]

04:28 PM on 04/05/2012

How long did "Joe the Plumber" milk his 15 minutes? He still is? That's 4 years. There's your answer, righties. Ms. Fluke has 3 years and 11 months of her 15 minutes left. Enjoy!

[armed patriot]

04:31 PM on 04/05/2012

Sandy went to Capitol Hill.

Joe walked out his front door.

[rascalcat]

04:35 PM on 04/05/2012

How is that relevant?

[scorpions5]

05:06 PM on 04/05/2012

And he lied about who he was

[rascalcat]

04:32 PM on 04/05/2012

Stay classy, faux patriot.

[ultrawiz]

05:02 PM on 04/05/2012

Makes it easier when you take your head out of that warm, dark, moist place you keep it.

[Well Armed Lamb]

04:24 PM on 04/05/2012

Why isnt she in class studying...hopefully she will learn something before she turns 40

[Jeff1958]

05:22 PM on 04/05/2012

Who goes to class to study? You must never have attended college.

[johnr49]

08:20 PM on 04/05/2012

So the fact that she already possesses a BSc counts for nothing in your book? - how many degrees have you got?

[armed patriot]

04:28 PM on 04/05/2012

Synonymous?

[RepChicksDoRock1]

04:20 PM on 04/05/2012

She's so ....last year.

[everybody only]

09:31 AM on 04/06/2012

You're so BC....

[RepChicksDoRock1]

09:54 AM on 04/06/2012

lmao

[Moderate Independent]

04:16 PM on 04/05/2012

Talk about milking her 15 minutes.....

[bopjo1]

04:20 PM on 04/05/2012

And yet, here you are paying attention...

[sydneymoon]

04:25 PM on 04/05/2012

Good for her.

[stq]

04:14 PM on 04/05/2012

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[johnr49]

08:22 PM on 04/05/2012

No