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Contraceptive Debate: Let's Talk About How Much Women Are Being Gouged

Click here to view this media Editor's Note: WSJ Editorial Board Member Kimberley Strassel dismisses the idea that the contraceptive debate and the Blunt Amendment is about denying women critical reproductive health care on the Fox News Sunday panel. After all, women can go ahead and buy insurance, right? Perhaps if the Republicans had allowed Sandra Fluke to testify before them, they'd realize that birth control pills (which have therapeutic medical uses as well as contraceptive care) can cost an uninsured woman as much as $3,000 a year, making it unaffordable to a large percentage of American women.
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US Politics / Liberal : Crooks and Liars (last year)

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US Politics / Liberal : Crooks and Liars (last year)

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US Politics / Liberal : Crooks and Liars (8 months ago)

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