The Church, The GOP, and Contraception
Over the last couple of weeks, contraception has become an issue that has dominated the media. In fact, there was even a hearing held by Congressman Darrell Issa, a Republican, yet it featured six male witnesses and not one woman. Their stance on this issue is further damaging and tarnishing the GOP in the eyes of female voters. Aside from the fact that this was a ridiculous spectacle, I find it wrong and sexist that not one woman was featured as a witness. Many women have been voicing two main points over these hearings. The first is that these politicians clearly are not on their side, and the second is they do not understand their life and what it is like to be a woman. After having this whole issue out in the open, many women feel that Republicans just do not get it. Mitt Romney’s position on birth control further demonstrates that he really has no core values. He has flip-flopped on thi...