Slut-ese Continues...

We’re not the only ones who get called sluts for presenting ideas and opinions.

TWT‘s Paige Winfield Cunningham reports today that Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke was “stunned” when conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh called her a “prostitute” earlier in the week for daring to think that health care plans ought to cover her contraceptive costs.

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Because the Jesuit university won’t pay for contraception in student health plans, Ms. Fluke said she had to pay as much as $1,000 a year out-of-pocket and said she has friends with ovarian cysts who encountered serious complications because they couldn’t afford to buy birth control pills.

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