Obama calls Sandra Fluke, Georgetown law student assailed by Rush @Limbaugh #p2 #tcot

" Wading further into an escalating contraception battle that has put Republicans on the defensive, President Obama on Friday calledSandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student who this week wasderided as a "slut" and a "prostitute" by conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh for her defense of rules mandating that employer-provided insurance plans cover the cost of birth control.   The call by Obama -- a rare one from the president to a private individual -- comes amid an intensifying political fight over religious-affiliated institutions and contraception, a battle in which Democrats accuse Republicans of waging a "war on women" and Republicans say that Obama is working to curtail "religious liberty." "

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