But what if she not only decided to attend the university anyway, but decided to attend specifically so she could fight this battle? Consider this passage from an early Washington Post story done on Fluke before she was permitted to testify:
Fluke came to Georgetown University interested in contraceptive coverage: She researched the Jesuit colleges health plans for students before enrolling, and found that birth control was not included. I decided I was absolutely not willing to compromise the quality of my education in exchange for my health care, says Fluke, who has spent the past three years lobbying the administration to change its policy on the issue. The issue got the university presidents office last spring, where Georgetown declined to change its policy.
Fluke says she would have used the hearing to talk about the students at Georgetown that dont have birth control covered, and what thats meant for them. I wanted to be able to share their stories, she says. My testimony would have been about women who have been affected by their policy, who have medical needs and have suffered dire consequences.. . .The committee did not get to hear real stories I had to share, about actual women who have been dramatically affected by this policy.
Thats right. It seems Fluke intentionally chose to go to Georgetown so she could agitate and sway them to cover contraceptives. She then went to a hearing as a representative of women who hadnt known about Georgetowns policy until it was too late. Unsympathetic observers might liken this to James OKeefe attending a hearing to speak against ACORN on behalf of pimps. It certainly raises the question of why the women Fluke claims to speak for couldnt present their stories for themselves.
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