trying to talk in michigan about the auto bailout. and he s really trying to have it two ways. this denunks asian of it as crony capitalism is obviously trying to play to the conservative base. yet, at the same time, your average michigander is pretty happy, i think, that that bailout happened. so how can he please both of those audiences? he s finding that a really tough need to thread. the balance is tough. thank you. my pleasure. here s a look at other stories topping the news now. two democratic congresswomen walked out of the house oversight committee hearing on the separation of church and state this morning. this all has to do with the obama administration s decision to require all health insurance plans to offer contraception coverage. a group of pastors, ministers and rabbis are testifying. all of them are men. that s something the democrats objected to. we owe it to the tens of
25%. it has apologized, they say it was a mistake. there was more reaction last night to the controversy over contraception coverage for women who work for church-run ins dugss. last night on politics nation, california senator barbara boxer spoke about the blunt amendment to allow employers or companies to opt out of covering something they object to on religious or moral grounds. this is so extreme, you know, they want to take us back to the medical dark ages. if you take the issue of contraception, we know that well over 90%, well over 95% of women some time in their life time used contraception including a huge percentage, well over 90% of all catholic women. so this is something that is mainstream, and we know that when we plan our families,
everything they can to try to return us to the days where insurance companies made those decisions, rather than doctors with their patients. but, again, the what s important to note here is that the republicans want to make this about the religious liberty. president obama believed that this was an important balance between religious liberty and making sure that women have access to affordable family planning. lawrence, it s $700 a year, approximately, to pay for birth control. that is real money. whether it s depo or the patch or the pill, that s real money. and making sure that women don t have to choose between who they work for and keeping their job and being able to afford to plan their families was very important balance, while allowing religious employers to be able to make sure that they could not be forced to pay for that kind of contraception coverage that they object to, but insurance companies would still make it available so that women, no matter who they work for, will
this was an important balance between religious liberty and making sure that women have access to affordable family planning. lawrence, it s $700 a year, approximately, to pay for birth control. that is real money. whether it s depo or the patch or the pill, that s real money. and making sure that women don t have to choose between who they work for and keeping their job and being able to afford to plan their families was very important balance, while allowing religious employers to be able to make sure that they could not be forced to pay for that kind of contraception coverage that they object to, but insurance companies would still make it available so that women, no matter who they work for, will have affordable access to contraception. now, getting lucky in politics is when your opponents create their own problems. that s what we re seeing on this contraception thing. there s no way that the contraception laws in this country are ever, ever going to be rolled back in any way. it
we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i ve been earning. .i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. the big finish the republican party is i think skating on thin ice with female voters on the contraception issue. mitch mcconnell and his buddies in the senate want to deny all american women the right to coverage for birth control. on friday we told you about republican senator roy blunt, he has an amendment which allows any employer to deny contraception coverage to any employee based on moral convictions. this has nothing to do with religion anymore, but senate