Women Senators: GOP's Birth Control Amendment 'Defies Logic'

WASHINGTON -- Democratic female senators are stunned the government is on the verge of shutting down and Republicans are once again using the crisis to target birth control and preventative care for women, a group of them said on Monday.

Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) told reporters that the Senate will unequivocally reject a provision sent to them by House Republicans this weekend that would allow employers to deny women birth control coverage for moral reasons.

"In the dead of night, while most of us were sleeping, they snuck in a provision one more time that specifically targets women of this country," Hirono said. "It's just amazing. We have laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, and yet they put in a provision that just targets women. It truly defies logic."

The "conscience clause," which would also allow employers to opt out of covering screenings for cervical cancer, pregnancy-related diabetes and sexually transmitted infections, was added into the House spending bill on Saturday. The provision is similar to Sen. Roy Blunt's (R-Mo.) controversial proposal in 2011, which the Senate rejected.

"Here's the thing," Boxer told reporters, "Republicans already lost a vote on this very provision in the U.S. Senate, and they lost an election in part because the voters rejected their war on women, but still the war on women continues. They cannot seem to stop themselves, so we will stop them."

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Mahalo for your thread, she~

Thank you for so many of them.

As for myself, I have good employer coverage. In MASS we are on a good solid footing, we have Romney care. This was strengthened by our sweet State Democratic Congress, much to RMonies chagrin.

Yet I am beside myself with happiness and pride, that this law will help so many people. It's about all of us Cha~ We stand together!

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Photos by my niece at the farm~

BOG Cha~

Nature, she! Thank you and your niece!

I love to eat fruit and veggies, too. Dinner tonight was 2 giant plums. (I'm still working off the last carry-in.)

Thanks for the laugh grant~

Or if anything too upsetting to the locals has happened on the national scene. But I'm feeling the powerful urge to go anyway this week. I WILL NOT MISBEHAVE! But it could be a quiet inner thrill to see certain heads spinning. Promise I'll be so sweet butter wouldn't melt in my mouth. And yes, I know it's not all that nice of me, but I still want to see it.

Irish~

There might be a few stray canary feathers around the corners of my mouth, too. I ended that letter with something like "If the man who responded to an earlier letter of mine with the screed about 'lying hyenas of socialism!' wants to take another swing at it, feel free. Won't matter. When it comes to meaningful, beneficial, and critically needed change, my personal (if borrowed) mantra always has been and ever will be: yes we can, yes we did, and we're not nearly done." Signed, (my name), Lifelong Solidarity Democrat and Proud of It.

That might be taken for a challenge.

But I love standing up to bullies. It will be interesting to see if the new pastor says anything to me although it would be in private, I'm sure. He's actually a pretty smart and decent guy. Honest, I intend to be the very soul of sweetness. If I start practicing now, maybe I'll have it down pat in 3 more days.

I absolutely love Gabriel Mann!


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