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If you remember correctly, Fluke was the thirty year-old, feminist student at Georgetown who testified before Congress as a supposed victim of economic discrimination; i.e., Georgetown’s most affordable health plan – an annual $1559 policy - didn’t cover her need for “condoms” because oral contraceptives were not safe.

As pointed out above, Fluke never testified before Congress (she was rightfully denied as a witness by the Republicans under the 72-hour rule for naming witnesses; the Democrats tried to slip her in at 4:45 p.m. the evening before the actual hearing.

However, what you remember 'correctly' has nothing whatsoever to do with what Fluke said. Fluke began her statement by saying she was speaking for other woman and not herself. She then told the specific (and in most cases, ridiculous) stories of six other women. Fluke never said a word about her sex life, whether she used contraceptives, or the cost of her contraceptives, or the cost or number of condoms that anybody used. If you think she did, then you should read a transcript of her statement.

Thank you.

That’s what I remember of her testimony and I didn’t remember anything about condoms.

People are hurting our case (1A for religious institutions and employers) by making false statements about her testimony.

Thou shall not bear false witness.

Her testimony has plenty in it to criticize on 1A grounds. Lets stick to the facts PLEASE!

I think you are right about what she actually said...but people came away with the impression that she was talking about her own situation.

It's a bit like Clinton's infamous letter about "loathing the military"--he carefully worded it so that he is supposedly talking about the views of people he admires, not himself.