I believe from what I have read and seen in the media coverage of Ms Fluke's testimony she was not speaking about her own need for contraception but instead the fact that medications used for contraception may also be used for other medical conditions. And the fact that when contraception is not covered by insurance it is difficult to get the medications in question through the insurance company for any reason. She (a law student) appeared as an advocate for women. So if that is true then Limbaugh's comments were not even pertinent to her testimony.
Also the subject was not, do women expect the government to cover birth control. She was talking about private employers insurance benefits.
Women who need these medications for other medical reasons have to get notes from their doctors (I have written some of those notes) and they have to be given to someone in the personnel department at their work. Would that men had to get a note from their doctor for Viagra and take it to the personnel department at work.
Hope you guys don't mind a woman chiming in.
Whether or not private insurance should have to cover contraceptives (for non clergy) is not really the topic of this discussion and...
The question of whether women deserve privacy in regard to their health care decisions is also not the topic but I think the assault on Ms Fluke makes me more certain that women deserve to be treated with dignity and respect in their healthcare decisions. And denial of coverage of oral contraceptive medication by an employer rather than a physician based on the individuals severe risk of vascular complications is wrong.