Georgetown University Law Student Sandra Fluke testified in an unofficial House hearing last week that the cost of contraception created a significant financial burden — up to $3,000 over the course of law school — that prohibited one of her fellow students from obtaining hormonal contraception. Because of a medical issue, not having access to birth control ultimately resulted in her losing an ovary. Some conservatives had a word for that condition: slut.Fluke was specifically referring to hormonal contraception to treat medical needs beyond pregnancy prevention, but this week, conservatives interpreted Fluke’s discussion of a financial burden as an opening to judge young women’s sex lives.
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