You're a slut': Rush Limbaugh hits out at student's suggestion that her university should cover birth control in health insurance

 

He’s a bullish conservative radio host known for making outrageous outbursts, but even by his standards this was a little over-the-top.
Rush Limbaugh, 61, called a student at a Catholic university a ‘slut’ for saying religious institutions should cover birth control in health insurance.
He claimed Sandra Fluke, of Georgetown University in Washington D.C., was promiscuous for saying woman should get the pill for medical reasons.

Attack: Rush Limbaugh claimed Sandra Fluke, of Georgetown University, was promiscuous for saying woman should get the pill for medical reasons

‘What does that make her?’ Mr Limbaugh said. ‘It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex.

 

‘She's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex.’
Ms Fluke was due to testify at a hearing on Capitol Hill last month about Barack Obama's mandate that health insurers provide contraception.

Rant: Mr Limbaugh, 61, called a student at a Catholic university a 'slut' for saying religious institutions should cover birth control under health insurance

 

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But committee chairman Darrell Issa of California said she could not testify at the hearing as it was focussed on threats to religious freedom.
Ms Fluke later put her testimony on YouTube and spoke about a friend who had to take birth control to treat a disorder that caused ovarian cysts.

The friend subsequently lost her ovary. She also spoke of classmates who can’t afford contraception, which was what really riled Mr Limbaugh.
Ms Fluke claimed a female student spends $3,000 on protected sex during a three-year course at university, reported ABC News.

Another target: Mr Limbaugh also hit out at NASCAR driver Danica Patrick earlier this week on Monday for backing contraceptive insurance coverage

‘Three thousand dollars for birth control in three years? That’s $1,000 a year of sex - and, she wants us to pay for it,’ Mr Limbaugh said.

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The Senate today defeated a GOP effort to roll back President Barack Obama's policy on contraception insurance coverage.
It was the first vote on an issue that has raised major talking points on religious and women's rights.
The close 51-48 vote killed an amendment to allow employers and insurers to opt out of portions of the President's health care law they found morally objectionable.

‘She's having so much sex she can't afford her own birth control pills and she agrees that Obama should provide them, or the Pope.’
Female rights activists were left seething and two Democrats walked out of the Capitol Hill hearing last month after it was led by an all-male panel.
Ms Fluke did eventually speak about birth control at a Democratic hearing led by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi last week, reported ABC News.
She is a third-year law student at Georgetown and ex-president of the Students for Reproductive Justice group at the university.
Mr Limbaugh also hit out at NASCAR driver Danica Patrick this week on Monday for backing contraceptive insurance coverage.
But he has faced attacks of his own to deal with this week - after a survey of American viewers found he was their least-liked news personality.

'BOMB THREAT' AT LIMBAUGH'S HOUSE BUT NO DANGER

Bomb squad officials investigated Rush Limbaugh's South Florida home yesterday after hearing reports of a possible threat.
The apparent danger attracted particular attention on the day that the death of Limbaugh's fellow conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart was announced.
But the item under investigation turned out to be an electronic plaque sent by a listener of the radio talk show host's programme as a 'business opportunity' for him.
When it was screened by an X-ray device, staff members saw what appeared to be wires and called police.
The sender apologised when investigators contacted him.