Liberals Fanning the Flames of the War on Women

Mark Levy
Fri, 04 Jul 2014 21:00:00 -0700
Opinion

The economy is shrinking, the Middle East burns, and our southern border is under siege, so with all of that bad news, what do Democrats do? They distort the Supreme Court's decision on the Hobby Lobby case to fan the flames of the phony Republican war on women to score political points.

In the Supreme Court's dissenting opinion penned by Ruth Bader Ginsberg, "The exemption sought by Hobby Lobby and Conestoga would ... deny legions of women who do not hold their employers' beliefs access to contraceptive coverage." She later continued, "The court, I fear, has ventured into a minefield."

Excuse me, your honor, but your court was forced into this minefield when the Department of Health and Human Services declared without congressional approval that "free" birth control and abortion pills must be paid for by employers. Also, nowhere in the majority opinion does this decision "deny legions of women" anything.
Updated: Sat Jul 05, 2014

The economy is shrinking, the Middle East burns, and our southern border is under siege, so with all of that bad news, what do Democrats do? They distort the Supreme Court's decision on the Hobby Lobby case to fan the flames of the phony Republican war on women to score political points.

In the Supreme Court's dissenting opinion penned by Ruth Bader Ginsberg, "The exemption sought by Hobby Lobby and Conestoga would ... deny legions of women who do not hold their employers' beliefs access to contraceptive coverage." She later continued, "The court, I fear, has ventured into a minefield."

Excuse me, your honor, but your court was forced into this minefield when the Department of Health and Human Services declared without congressional approval that "free" birth control and abortion pills must be paid for by employers. Also, nowhere in the majority opinion does this decision "deny legions of women" anything.

The smartest woman on earth, Hillary Clinton, chimed in: "It's the first time that our court has said that a closely held corporation has the rights of a person when it comes to religious freedom, which means the corporation's ... ('closely held') employers can impose their religious beliefs on their employees, and, of course, denying women the right to contraceptives as part of a health care plan is exactly that. I find it deeply disturbing that we are going in that direction."

Funny, but where was Hillary when all of those evil corporations "imposed their religious beliefs" by giving employees the day off on Christmas and Easter?

Nancy Pelosi, never short on ridiculous statements, squawked, "Today, the Supreme Court took an outrageous step against the rights of America's women, setting a dangerous precedent that could permit for-profit corporations to pick and choose which laws to obey. This deeply misguided and destructive decision is a serious blow to Americans' ability to make their own health decisions.

Please tell me exactly how this ruling affects anybody's "ability to make their own health decisions."

Chairman of the Democrat National Committee Debbie Wasserman Schultz offered her dazzling opinion as well. "It's very clear to American women, yet again, that Republicans want to do everything they can to have the long hand of government, and now the long hand of business, reach into a woman's body and make health care decisions for her. That's totally unacceptable."

Don't spew your coffee, but I actually agree with Ms. Schultz's statement. Government has no business whatsoever in the health care decisions of anybody, male or female. This free birth control fiasco began after Obamacare was implemented.

If anybody is declaring a war on women, it's liberals who are promoting the lie that the Hobby Lobby decision denies women the access to contraception. It's well-documented that Hobby Lobby is willing to provide 16 of the 20 forms of birth control mandated by Obamacare. Gosh, Hillary, Debbie, Nancy and your honor, did that fact just bypass your liberal brains or does your lie make for better politics? We know the feigned liberal outrage is simply political as evidenced by Democrats such as Florida's Charlie Crist promoting the lie in gubernatorial campaign fundraising letters.

As a dad, I am teaching my daughters the value of education and hard work in order to become self-sufficient, so that they will never have to depend on the government for their well-being. It's ironic that the aforementioned feminist stalwarts are treating women as if they are so helpless that they can't do anything, including buying their own contraception without the government or some other sugar daddy footing the bill. Who's empowering women and who's preaching dependence?

Thanks to these ladies, Helen Reddy's line, "I am woman hear me roar," should be changed to "I am woman hear me whine."