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standing in this question? i know for me the students i teach are constantly surprised this is even part of the political agenda tand conversation right now. yeah. i think for a lot of women of the millennial generation or young women it s surprising that contraception is this controversial. and i think they as young primarily sexually active women realize how essential it is to their health care both for preventing pregnancy and for other types of medical needs. so i ve heard from hundreds of them, and it seems very clear that they understand what this policy is about and are going to make their voices heard on the policy being implemented immediately so that women can have the health care they need as soon as possible. sandra fluke, thank you so much for joining us and thank you also to brian lehrer and allison kilkenny. next, the international shaming of american democracy and why your rights may be at risk.
so they re shoring up for a fight around the election. esther, i want to show you re absolutely right on this notion that this has become part of the political fight. i want to show this democratic senate campaign committee taking full advantage of the war on women framing. this is the new commercial. it s an assault on women s health and freedom. and republican candidates for the u.s. senate all across the country are pushing extreme legislation that threatens health care for women. if you don t like what republicans are doing, send a woman to the senate. in fact, send them all. that s a great optic. right? all these guys are against you. all of these women who won t be. so you feel that black and white framing, but i guess it s exactly that black and white framing that makes me nervous. allison, you pointed out we can stop talking about economic
allison kilkenny, a reporter for the nation. so we were talking about this war on women language. and i keep having sort of multiple anxieties about it. on the one hand, obviously distressed about what is actually going on relative to these policies, but also concern that the war on women language increases the kind of political fervor and partisan fervor rather than getting to a discussion about what is happening here. i m actually okay with calling it a war on women just because virginia is lts eighth state to mandate forced ultima sounds. when you were saying the republicans call it the war on religious freedom. we have to look at who s losing to see who the war is against. women are desperately trying to cling on to the few rights they have. i don t think a war on women is hi hyperbol ick. i think we need to avoid
details of the president s contraception compromise from february. the department of health and human services listed options for insurance companies to offset the cost of providing birth control for women working at institutions like hospitals and schools with church affiliation. the rule also indicates that religious universities will not have to directly offer students contraception. but those students will be able to get birth control from insurance companies without a co-pay. back with me at the table are esther armah, brian lehrer and allison kilkenny. first i want to bring into the conversation the woman who suddenly found her hadself at the center of the whirlwind of contraception controversy, georgetown law student sandra fluke who joins me from washington. thanks for being here. thanks for having me on. i really appreciate it. i wanted to start by asking your opinions on the president s compromise here and sort of he s been filling out the outlines of