Good Read:Virginia woman: The GOP’s War on Women makes me feel ‘unwelcome in my hometown’

[Justice wanted]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/07/virginia-woman-the-gops-war-on-women-makes-me-feel-unwelcome-in-my-hometown/

Nell Boeschenstein is angry. “I take birth control to minimize my risk of ovarian cancer,” she said. “To have that be potentially denied coverage makes my blood boil in ways I can’t articulate.”

Boeschenstein once wrote, “I’ve never sprained an ankle. The only bone I’ve ever broken is the forefinger of my left hand.” But when she discovered that she carries the BCRA1 gene, which carries a 90 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer, she had some serious medical decisions to make — especially as her graduate program’s health insurance coverage would run out once she finished her degree. So after spending $10,000 out of pocket to qualify for the surgery — her insurance covered only 80 percent of the bills for the necessary MRIs, mammograms and ultrasounds — the 31-year-old Boeschenstein went under the knife for a double radical mastectomy.

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I hope her story is picked up by a Senator or Rep and READ ON THE FLOOR!

[niyad]

1. k and r

having it read on the floor by one of our "representatives" would require a conscience, and actually caring about women. I don't think I would hold my breath.

[Ship of Fools]

2. It's too disheartening, anyway.

It seems to me anytime a woman speaks out (I'm thinking about Jackie Speier (sp?),
members of the GOP could not look any more bored. Seriously! It's been programmed
into these neanderthals:

Women.just.aren't.important.

Sexy, sassy, subservient. That's all you need to know.