[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 33 (Thursday, March 1, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E305]
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                       WOMEN'S HEALTH WEDNESDAYS

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                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 1, 2012

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I wish the majority cared as much about 
creating jobs as they do about undermining women's reproductive rights.
  Contraception is basic preventive women's health care. Simple as 
that. It should be affordable and widely available. Women should have 
access to it without a copay, no matter where they work.
  Birth control saves lives. Women should give it up just as soon as 
men forfeit coverage for viagra.
  Contraception is guided by sound science and best health care 
practices. The majority on the other hand is motivated by divisive and 
inflexible ideology.
  The Republicans should take their own advice. They say they hate big 
government. Well, I can't think of any government bigger and more 
intrusive than the one that tells women how to conduct their personal 
lives and what to do with their bodies.

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