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Sandra Fluke is a 30 year old female law student at Georgetown University. who testified before a panel of House Democratic Party members, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the importance of insurance policies providing contraceptive coverage. She was a past president of the school’s Students for Reproductive Justice group.
On February 29th, 2012, Rush Limbaugh caused controversy by stating on his Radio show that:
What does it say about the college coed Susan Fluke , who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex? What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex.
He continued the following day and stated that Fluke Is "having so much sex, it's amazing she can still walk". The same show, he stated:
So, Ms. Fluke and the rest of you feminazis, here's the deal. If we are going to pay for your contraceptives, and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something for it, and I'll tell you what it is. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch
On March 2nd he claimed the Fluke has boyfriends "lined up around the block."
Limbaugh's remarks created a pubic reaction that caused a campaign to encourage Limbaugh's radio sponsors to stop advertising for him. As a result, Sleep Train, Select Comfort, Quicken Loans and the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled their advertisements from Rush Limbaugh's radio show. Also, President Obama called Fluke in support and the President of Georgetown described Limbaugh's comments "as misogynistic, vitriolic, and a misrepresentation of the position .
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- "Obama calls student as contraception fight turns nasty". Reuters. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- "Law Student Makes Case For Contraceptive Coverage". Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- "Meet Sandra Fluke: The woman you didn't hear at Congress' contraceptives hearing". Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- "Limbaugh: Student Denied Spot At Contraception Hearing Says "She Must Be Paid To Have Sex," So She's A "Slut" And "Prostitute"". Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- "Limbaugh: Fluke Is "Having So Much Sex, It's Amazing She Can Still Walk". Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- "UPDATED: Limbaugh's Misogynistic Attack On Georgetown Law Student Continues With Increased Vitriol". Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- "Limbaugh Further Denigrates Fluke, Saying She Has Boyfriends "Lined Up Around The Block. They Would Have Been In My Day"". Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- "Rush Limbaugh losing advertisers, keep up the good work!". Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- "Obama calls Sandra Fluke to offer support over Limbaugh comments".
- "MESSAGES TO THE GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY on Civility and Public Discourse". Retrieved 3 March 2012.