YouTube (Walsh's insanity starts at 44 sec.):
There is more on the demonizing of females and this is from Indiana State Rep. Bob Morris and published in the JournalGazette:
This past week I was asked to sign a House Resolution recognizing the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts of America. After talking to some well-informed constituents, I did a small amount of web-based research, and what I found is disturbing. The Girl Scouts of America and their worldwide partner, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), have entered into a close strategic affiliation with Planned Parenthood. You will not find evidence of this on the GSA/WAGGGS website—in fact, the websites of these two organizations explicitly deny funding Planned Parenthood.....
What the **** is this kind of idiocy? He did web research? Does web research now count as scientific research?
The Huffington Post has part of the response to the representative's statement from the Girl Scouts:
.."Misinformation is passing as fact,” Diane Tipton, president of the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital, told the Washington Post in January. “The Girl Scout organization does not take a position on abortion or birth control, and these topics are not part of the Girl Scout program or our materials. We believe these matters are best discussed by girls with their families.”
In response to these allegations, the Girl Scouts have released a statement of where they stand on sensitive issues here [PDF].
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The discussion about birth control, women's health care, and attacks on the rights of women, continues to be absolutely disgusting. While the white male Republicans in Congress and in state legislatures are fighting against health care access for women, there are some male medical procedures that are covered by health insurance. Male lawmakers have voted to allow coverage for these procedures.
Raw Story:
...The fact of the matter is that health insurance covers all manner of “things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be,” when it comes to men, and no one has any real complaints about insurance coverage that allows men to continue having sex for non-procreative reasons and despite medical conditions that would otherwise prevent it......
...1. Erectile dysfunction drugs....
....2. Vacuum erection devices.....
....3. Penile implants....
.....4. Vasectomies...
....5. Circumcision....
The Republicans want the above mentioned expensive procedures for men to be covered by health insurance, but they won't cover your birth control pills that cost between $60-$100/per month or health screenings for women. Why are the male Republicans so against women having access to health care? Why do they think they have to make decisions for us?
Those Virginians that support trans-vaginal ultrasound for women wanting an abortion should realize that a forceful intrusion into a woman's body without her permission would by considered rape. Do you think any smart Virginia doctor will risk being sued?
As a 60 year old woman, I am appalled by the language, tone, and anger that Republican lawmakers have hurled toward women. I thought we were over that but apparently the male dominated Republican Party wants to return to the days when women had no rights.
Let me remind you about another issue----fair pay for women. A previous post of mine talked about how Steve Stivers (OH-15) said he would have voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act---http://tinyurl.com/73lh7ra.