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If you look at the polling on contraception, it`s devastating. If you look at the New York Times/CBS poll questions about the president`s current plan for contraception coverage and health insurance, making private health plans cover the cost of birth control, not only do 66 percent of Americans support the policy, but 68 percent of moderates do, 64 percent of independents do, even 50 percent of Republicans do. But when you listen to Republicans try to explain why they are all suddenly opposed to contraception, it truly is a level of ignorance this country has not seen in a very long time.

Now Republicans are running full tilt against contraception. Somehow the party of small government and personal freedom has decided that contraception is a great election year issue for to run with!? Offended by policies they themselves supported demanding that those policies be rolled back and that we not only carve away access to contraception for people who work at religiously-affiliated institutions, but that we let all employers deny access to contraception.