Sandra Fluke’s DNC Speech Paints Stark Picture of Romney Presidency
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JIM WATSON/AFP/GettyImages(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — The Georgetown law student shut out of a congressional hearing on contraception earlier this year is basking in the glow of the Democratic National Convention’s primetime stage.
Speaking before a fired-up crowd at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday night, Sandra Fluke painted a stark picture of what a country led by Republican Mitt Romney could be, calling it “an America in which access to birth control is controlled by people who will never use it, in which politicians redefine rape so survivors are victimized all over again,” she said to huge cheers from the audience.
Fluke also singled out Romney’s running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., who worked on legislation that would have redefined rape, banned abortion in all cases, and cut off funding for abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood.
“It would be an America in which you have a new vice president who co-sponsored a bill that would allow pregnant women to die preventable deaths in our emergency rooms,” she said.
The young law student then gave a hearty endorsement for a country headed by President Obama.
“An America in which our president, when he hears a young woman has been verbally attacked, thinks of his daughters — not his delegates or donors — and stands with all women,” said Fluke. “And strangers come together, reach out and lift her up. And then, instead of trying to silence her, you invite me here, and give me a microphone, to amplify our voice.”
Talk of a woman’s choice has flooded the political arena of late, and Fluke played to that, signaling to Americans that the choice that matters the most is the one they will make this November.
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