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Sandra Kay Fluke is a women's rights activist in the United States. In February 2012, she is a Republican, she insurance House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the importance of requiring the insurance system to cover contraception during the debate about whether or not you have the mission of contraception when I refused to testify, I drew attention in the United States. She spoke to the house only after Democrats. Commenting on her testimony, host Rush Limbaugh, talk show, made the inflammatory comments made ​​about the Fluke from slander and speculation about her sex life, in his talk show. Fluke has been to support the re-election campaign of President Barack Obama. She was a featured speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

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Fluke is a native Saxton, Pennsylvania, graduated from high school / school Tussey mountains of Pennsylvania in 1999. She graduated from Cornell University's program feminist, gender and sexuality in the study in 2003. Proposed a bill to include teens and victims of LGBTQ successfully granted access to the order of civil protection for, unmarried victims of domestic violence, it is fair to the family court statewide coalition which she co-founded New York for access. She also was a member of the Federation of New York, who proposed to New York and many other Task Force on Domestic Violence of President Borough of Manhattan, the improvement of policies that affect the victims of domestic violence successfully. She was working in New York City for the Sanctuary for families to help victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.

Support the production of her video on how to make a restraining order, in the Georgetown University Law Center, she was the 2011 recipient of the Women Lawyers of Grant Fran Kandel Public Interest in Los Angeles. She also worked to help the "child victims of trafficking in Kenya" and "occupy the majority of the victims of domestic violence and human trafficking." He was the president of Georgetown law students for reproductive justice, she graduated magna cum laude , in 2012.

Before attending Georgetown, she graduated from Cornell University in 2003 and spent five years working for Sanctuary for Families, a New York-based nonprofit aiding victims of domestic violence. While working, she launched the agency’s pilot Program Evaluation Initiative. She also co-founded the New York Statewide Coalition for Fair Access to Family Court, which, after twenty years of advocacy, successfully advocated for legislation granting access to civil orders of protection for unmarried victims of domestic violence, including LGBTQ victims and teens. Fluke was also a member of the Manhattan Borough President’s Taskforce on Domestic Violence and numerous other New York City and New York State coalitions that successfully advocated for policy improvements impacting victims of domestic violence.While at Georgetown, she worked on issues that involved domestic violence and human trafficking.

In February 2012 Sandra Fluke came to national attention when she gave testimony to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the importance of requiring insurance plans to cover birth control during a discussion on whether insurance should have a contraception mandate. Rush Limbaugh, a talk show host, made inflammatory comments about Fluke's testimony on air consisting of speculation and slurs regarding her sex life. This resulted in public outcry and the loss of several advertising sponsors from his radio program.

Sandra Fluke has gone on to other speaking engagements including appearances with President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. She will also be a featured speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.


Rush Limbaugh–Sandra Fluke controversy The Rush Limbaugh–Sandra Fluke controversy (IPA:flʊk) began on February 29, 2012, when American conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh's remarks about contraceptive mandates included statements concerning Georgetown University Law Center student Sandra Fluke as a "slut" and "prostitute". Limbaugh was commenting on Fluke's speech the previous week to House Democrats in support of mandating insurance coverage for contraceptives. Despite disapproval from major political figures, Limbaugh made numerous similar statements over the next two days, leading to the loss of several national sponsors and Limbaugh's apology on his show for some of his comments. Fluke rejected the apology as dubious and inadequate.
  She (Sandra Fluke) was born 1981 in United State, she is an American feminist activist and law student at Georgetown University Law Center, who testified before a panel of House Democratic Party members in favor of a government policy which required insurance policies to provide contraceptive coverage. She is a past president of the school’s Students for Reproductive Justice group.


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