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Birth Control Mandate Just Like Pearl Harbor And 9/11, Says Pennsylvania Congressman
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Jen Chung
Published Aug 1, 2012
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Starting today, insurance companies are required to offer women a number of preventive services—including birth control—at no cost. So that means there are some angry people out there, like Republican Congressman Mike Kelly, who said, "I know in your mind you can think of times when America was attacked. One is December 7th, that's Pearl Harbor day. The other is September 11th, and that's the day of the terrorist attack. I want you to remember August the 1st, 2012, the attack on our religious freedom. That is a day that will live in infamy, along with those other dates."
What is it with guys from Pennsylvania thinking everything that's not 9/11 is 9/11?
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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