Limbaugh's Fluke

washington post blog

Recently, Rush Limbaugh criticized law student Sandra Fluke who testified before Congress. While the Affordable Care now guarentees coverage of women's contraceptives, Georgetown University Law, to which Fluke attends school, does not cover birth control under its school health insurance. However, in response to Fluke's testimony, Rush Limbaugh harshly demeaned Fluke by calling her a "slut" and "prostitute," insulting Fluke over 50 times in three days. While Rush Limbaugh did apologize, he did so only because he began losing adversiers (estimated to be over 40) and in a laughable, joking manner.
Limbaugh had no right to criticize Fluke; this was Limbaugh's biggest fluke. It is one thing to criticize the material of Fluke's case, but he clearly attacked Fluke personally, as well as all women who have ever used birth control in their lifetime. Limbaugh only explores the isse at hand from the surface. Birth control is not solely so that women can openly have intercourse with multiple partners on multiple occassions. Birth control is also used for medical purposes, as well as gives women control over their own bodies. The creation of birth control was originally followed by a shift in traditional gender stereotypes that benefited females. For the first time, women had control whether or not they wanted to risk the chances of getting pregnant. Men like Limbaugh should not have the right to say otherwise.