{"id":6330,"date":"2012-08-01T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T19:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=6330"},"modified":"2012-08-01T14:38:30","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T19:38:30","slug":"taking-the-pill-is-like-bombing-pearl-harbor-or-blowing-up-the-world-trade-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/01\/taking-the-pill-is-like-bombing-pearl-harbor-or-blowing-up-the-world-trade-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking The Pill is like Bombing Pearl Harbor or Blowing Up the World Trade Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wonder, do these crazy Republicans realize how utterly dumb they sound, and that every time they say something like this the rest of us start humming that song? <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A House Republican lawmaker likened the implementation of a new mandate that insurers offer coverage for contraceptive services to Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks against the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Rep. Mike Kelly (R), an ardent opponent of abortion rights, said that today&#8217;s date would live in infamy alongside those two other historic occasions. Wednesday marked the day on which a controversial new requirement by the Department of Health and Human Services, which requires health insurance companies to cover contraceptive services for women, goes into effect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know in your mind you can think of times when America was attacked. One is December 7th, that&#8217;s Pearl Harbor day.  The other is September 11th, and that&#8217;s the day of the terrorist attack,&#8221; Kelly said at a press conference on Capitol Hill. &#8220;I want you to remember August the 1st, 2012, the attack on our religious freedom. That is a day that will live in infamy, along with those other dates.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s from <a href=\"http:\/\/firstread.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2012\/08\/01\/13070876-republican-likens-contraceptive-mandate-to-pearl-harbor-911\">HERE<\/a> where you can read more. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile &#8230;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U0kJHQpvgB8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wonder, do these crazy Republicans realize how utterly dumb they sound, and that every time they say something like this the rest of us start humming that song? A House Republican lawmaker likened the implementation of a new mandate that insurers offer coverage for contraceptive services to Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11, 2001 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/01\/taking-the-pill-is-like-bombing-pearl-harbor-or-blowing-up-the-world-trade-center\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Taking The Pill is like Bombing Pearl Harbor or Blowing Up the World Trade Center<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-1E6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6331,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6330\/revisions\/6331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}