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Pelosi To GOP: "Duh!,' Women Should Be Included In A Hearing About Contraception

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) echoed Democrats' concerns about Republicans excluding female witnesses from a hearing focusing on President Obama's new regulation requiring insurers and employers to provide birth control in their health insurance plans. "This is an issue about women's health and I believe that women's health should be covered in all fo the insurance plans," Pelosi insisted at her press briefing this morning, refuting the GOP's claim that the debate should focus on "religious liberties."
"Where are the women? And that's a good question for the whole debate. Where are the women?" she asked. "Imagine, having a panel on women's health and then not having any women on the panel, duh!"
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