Washington D.C., Feb 21, 2012 / 04:03 am (CNA).- In response to the claim that most women do not oppose the Obama administration’s contraception mandate, journalist Kathryn Jean Lopez published a long list of notable women who object to the new rule.
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At a Feb. 16 Congressional hearing on religious freedom, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) asked, “Where are the women?”
Maloney and several other Democratic members of Congress left the room in protest before the second panel of the hearing, which featured the testimony of two women – Allison Garrett, senior vice president at Oklahoma Christian University, and Dr. Laura Champion, medical director of Calvin College.
Multiple mainstream news outlets have reported that the event as an “all-male hearing,” despite the presence of the two female witnesses during the second half.
