Sandra Fluke: Quotes about women

“A significant gender pay gap still persists. That's why we cannot be passive as we acknowledge Equal Pay Day, which marks the day when a woman's earnings catch up to what her male peers earned in the previous year. To millennials, it's startling to see that women still earn just 77 cents to the dollar of what men earn.”

Sandra Fluke

CNN, (April 17, 2012).
Articles

Women , Men

“I am proud to stand with the millions of women and men who recognize that our government should legislate according to the reality of our lives -- not for ideology.”

Sandra Fluke

CNN, (March 13, 2012).
Articles

Women , Men , Reality

“These denials of contraceptive coverage impact real people. In the worst cases, women who need this medication for other medical reasons suffer dire consequences.”

Sandra Fluke

U.S. Congressional testimony (February 23, 2012)

Women , People , Suffering

“It's an attempt to silence women. That's really what it's about, if we're called these names, then we'll go away and we won't demand the health care we deserve and we need and I think women have proven those folks wrong.”

Sandra Fluke

CBS News interview with Sandra Fluke. cited in — [March 2, 2012, March 8, 2012, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57389769-503544/sandra-fluke-rush-limbaugh-wants-to-silence-women/, CBS News, CBS, Sandra Fluke: Rush Limbaugh wants "to silence women", Brian, Montopoli]
Media interviews

Women , Health , Thinking , Silence

“There have been highs and lows, yes. So it's been quite a journey, and I am just happy that what seems to be happening in the process is that America is hearing the voices of the women affected by lack of contraception coverage and who will benefit from this policy, that is really what is most important for me, and that is why I’ve been working on this for years honestly.”

Sandra Fluke

Andrea Mitchell Reports. March 2, 2012.
Media interviews

Women , Happiness

“I think another impact that it's really important that we all think about, is that contraception when it first became available was a revolution in this country. It allowed women to enter employment and educational opportunities that had previously not been accessible because they were unable to control their reproduction in the same way. And I just can't imagine rolling back the clock on that progress.”

Sandra Fluke

"Sandra Fluke responds to Nationwide Campaign Against Contraceptives", (February 23, 2012).
U.S. Congressional testimony (February 23, 2012)

Women , Education , Way , Imagination

“Attacking me and women who use contraception by calling us prostitutes and worse cannot silence us.”

Sandra Fluke

CNN, (March 13, 2012).
Articles

Women , Silence

“Because we spoke so loudly, opponents of reproductive health access demonized and smeared me and others on the public airwaves. These smears are obvious attempts to distract from meaningful policy discussions and to silence women's voices regarding their own health care.”

Sandra Fluke

CNN, (March 13, 2012).
Articles

Women , Health , Silence

“In that America: Your new president could be a man who stands by when public figures try to silence a private citizen with hateful slurs. Who won’t stand up to the slurs, or to any of the extreme, bigoted voices in his own party. It would be an America in which you have a new vice president who cosponsored a bill that would allow pregnant women to die preventable deaths in our emergency rooms.”

Sandra Fluke

2012 Democratic National Convention

Death , Women , Hate , Silence

“I think that a lot of women unfortunately have heard those types of words and historically they've always been used to try to silence women, especially women who are speaking out about their reproductive health and reproductive needs.”

Sandra Fluke

CBS News. March 2, 2012.
Media interviews

Women , Health , Thinking , Silence

“Many of the women whose stories I’ve shared are Catholic women, so ours is not a war against the church. It is a struggle for access to the healthcare we need.”

Sandra Fluke

U.S. Congressional testimony (February 23, 2012)

Women , War

“These attempts to silence women and the men who support them have clearly failed. I know this because I have received so many messages of support from across the country -- women and men speaking out because they agree that contraception needs to be treated as a basic health care service.”

Sandra Fluke

CNN, (March 13, 2012).
Articles

Women , Men , Health , Support

“Restricting access to such a basic health care service, which 99% of sexually experienced American women have used and 62% of American women are using right now, is out of touch with public sentiment.”

Sandra Fluke

CNN, (March 13, 2012).
Articles

Women , Health

“One student told us that she knew birth control wasn’t covered, and she assumed that’s how Georgetown’s insurance handled all of women’s sexual healthcare, so when she was raped, she didn’t go to the doctor even to be examined or tested for sexually transmitted infections because she thought insurance wasn’t going to cover something like that, something that was related to a woman’s reproductive health.”

Sandra Fluke

U.S. Congressional testimony (February 23, 2012)

Women , Health , Birth

“During this campaign, we’ve heard about the two profoundly different futures that could await women. And how one of those futures looks like an offensive, obsolete relic of our past.”

Sandra Fluke

2012 Democratic National Convention

Women , Past , Future

“[President Obama] encouraged me and supported me and thanked me for speaking out about the concerns of American women. And what was really personal for me was that he said to tell my parents that they should be proud, and that meant a lot because Rush Limbaugh questioned whether or not my family would be proud of me. So I just appreciated that very much.”

Sandra Fluke

Andrea Mitchell interview with Sandra Fluke. Andrea Mitchell Reports. March 2, 2012. — cited in [Andrea Mitchell interviews Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke moments after speaking with President Obama, MSNBC, http://info.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/02/10563035-andrea-mitchell-interviews-georgetown-law-student-sandra-fluke-moments-after-speaking-with-president-obama, March 2, 2012, March 8, 2012, NBCUniversal, Weesie, Vieira]
Media interviews

Women , Family , Question , Support

“Paycheck discrimination is not the only obstacle preventing women from having the same economic opportunities as men. As our country continues to focus on our economic recovery, leveling the financial playing field for women must be a priority. According to recent predictions, within a generation, more families will be supported by women than men. If these primary breadwinners earn lower incomes, it won't just affect their families, but also consumer spending and our larger financial growth.”

Sandra Fluke

CNN, (April 17, 2012).
Articles

Women , Men , Family , Support

“[This] was not someone who made one accidental statement. This was three days of significant portions of his three-hour show. He insulted me and the women of Georgetown who have received no apology. He insulted us over 53 times.”

Sandra Fluke

The View. March 5, 2012.
Media interviews

Women , Time

“Many young women of my generation believe they live in a post-feminist world, without unfair sex discrimination -- a world in which career paths are designed with fathers and mothers in mind. Unfortunately, that world doesn't exist quite yet.”

Sandra Fluke

CNN, (April 17, 2012).
Articles

Women , World , Sex

“It can be overwhelming at times but what I am trying to focus on is my main goal in the situation, and that is continuing to advocate on behalf of women affected by the contraception regulation and making sure that policy is implemented in a strong way.”

Sandra Fluke

TIME, Sandra Fluke on Her Role in the Contraception Controversy: ‘I Would Do This Again’, Alex, Altman, March 8, 2012, March 8, 2012, Time Inc. http://swampland.time.com/2012/03/08/sandra-fluke-on-her-role-in-the-contraception-controversy-i-would-do-this-again/?iid=tl-main-mostpop2,
Media interviews

Women , Way , Strong , Time