Georgetown Law student and ‘reproductive rights’ activist Sandra Fluke spoke at a hearing held by a handful of Democrats on Feb. 23, 2012 about the lack of birth control available at the Jesuit college she attends. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr)
(CNSNews.com) Because their witness was denied an opportunity to testify at last week’s Republican-led hearing on religious freedom, House Democrats staged a hearing of their own Thursday, playing to the media and framing the argument as one of “women’s health.”
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), said she called the hearing of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committeebecause Sandra Fluke, a student at Georgetown University Law School, was not allowed to testify at the Feb. 16 hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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