The Woman Prevented From Testifying in Favor of Birth Control Says She’s "Stunned" by @GOP ’s Rebuke

"Sandra Fluke, the woman Republicans prevented from testifying at yesterday's House Oversight Committee hearing, says she was "stunned" at Chairman Darrel Issa's (R-CA) decision to keep her from discussing the consequences of limiting women's access to affordable contraception at a hearing focused on Preside Obama's birth control requirement. "I was so stunned when Chairman Issa made the decision to not allow me to speak…and to say that I was not an appropriate witness and that those women's stories were not appropriate for this committee," Fluke said last night on MSNBC's The Ed Show. "I cannot think of who would be more appropriate for the committee to hear from than the women who are affected by this policy, whose lives were affected."

The third-year Georgetown Law student went on to tell the story of her friend who couldn't afford her birth control — at $100 per month — and was refused insurance coverage for the medication, despite its medical necessity. Shortly thereafter, she developed a massive cyst on her ovary and underwent a surgery that may have jeopardized her abilities to conceive a child:"

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