Republicans Don't Agree On Much But They're 100% Unified On Degrading Women

There is nearly always some dissent within a political party concerning an issue that conflicts with a member’s personal ideology or benefit for constituents that prevents them from supporting a specific agenda. In the ever-expanding Republican war on women though, there is complete agreement that there are no limits on the degrading and pernicious means to deny women the right to good health whether it is reproductive health or not. There was outrage last week when House Republicans convened a panel on denying access to birth control with five men and no women, and although it is incredibly outrageous, no intelligent human being should have been the least bit surprised. There is this misconception that the war on women escalated when Catholic bishops asserted their control over the Republicans in Congress to block contraception coverage, but this war began in earnest in 2009 and the first major assault began on the second day of the 112^th Congress, and contraception coverage was not the issue.

The audacious assault on contraception last Thursday revealed the anti-women sentiments of misogynist  Republicans in congress and state legislatures, as well as donors to presidential candidates. Rick Santorum’s biggest donor gave advice to women on birth control and said, “On this contraceptive thing, my gosh, it’s so inexpensive. You know, back in my days, they used Bayer Aspirin for contraceptives. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn’t that costly.” A Virginia legislator rationalized a law that forces women to undergo invasive transvaginal procedures prior to having an abortion said, “A woman already consented to being “vaginally penetrated when they got pregnant.”