Sandra Fluke, the woman at the center of a media firestorm earlier
this year after Rush Limbaugh called her a “slut,” spoke Saturday in
front of about 10 people at the Sak ‘N Save in north Reno.
The speech was part of a daylong effort by Democrats to get Northern Nevadans to the polls on the first day of early voting.
“I’m
trying to do everything I can for an election that I feel is very
important. I have a unique opportunity for how I get to do that,” said
Fluke, who is coming off recent campaign trips to Colorado, Iowa, New
Hampshire and Florida as a surrogate for Democratic President Barack
Obama’s re-election campaign.
Fluke
emerged on the national spotlight in February when she was denied to
speak before the U.S. House committee on Oversight and Government Reform
on whether insurance plans should have a mandate to cover
contraceptives. She eventually spoke to House Democrats.
Rush
Limbaugh called her a “slut” and “prostitute” on his show based on her
comments on contraception for women. He later apologized, saying it was
an “attempt to be humorous.”
Fluke
doesn’t take the jabs too seriously. When asked about her previous year
and how people have treated her in the press, Fluke smiled and laughed.
“It’s been not quite the 2012 that I’ve expected,” she said.
Fluke
has embraced the spotlight, though. She spoke at the Democratic
National Convention in North Carolina and has enjoyed talks with people
on the campaign trail — especially those concerning women’s issues.
“A
lot of women come to me and tell me stories individually about their
lives about what access to healthcare has meant to them; what the
Affordable Care Act is going to mean to them,” she said. “A lot of young
people tell me how important it was to stay on their parents plan until
they were 26. Folks tell me what a difference it made to be able to
rely on Planned Parenthood when they needed it and what it would mean if
Mr. Romney gets his way to defund Planned Parenthood.”
Fluke also spoke in Carson City on Saturday.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20121020/NEWS19/310200053/Fluke-takes-center-stage-Reno
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