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sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
Wed May 6, 2015, 10:31 PM May 2015

Amy Schumer’s New Birth Control Ad Blasts GOP War On Women

In the face of the resurgence of the recent Republican battle on women’s private health decisions, Amy Schumer just may have the answer to obtaining “Republican Approved” birth control. Merely ask every man you see if it’s alright with him! Clever girl. We all know if the shoe were on the other foot, these religious Republican men would surely want a woman’s opinion, right?

The Republican war on women’s health care has been ramped up recently. The video comes in response to recent Republican campaigns to limit a woman’s ability to make her own reproductive healthcare decisions, such as the Hobby Lobby decision in the Supreme Court and a Texas judge’s ruling to overturn the mandatory contraception coverage in employer-provided health insurance, which is part of the ACA (now federal law, fyi)

Just last week, the House voted on H.J. Res. 43 , which Nancy Pelosi calls “Hobby Lobby on steroids.” This bill would overturn a law in Washington D.C. which mandates that an employer cannot fire a female employee for decisions she makes about her reproductive health. A Republican-controlled House proposed voting on a “resolution of disapproval”. So employers, feel free to kick to the curb any woman who treats her PCOS or endometriosis with synthetic hormones. Over 50 percent of women who use birth control do so not for that express purpose, but as treatment for medical conditions. But you can’t trust women and their “diseases”. They’re probably just using those as an excuse to whore around.

In Schumer’s video (below) she explains the best way to determine if birth control is right for you. She suggests that women ask every man or boy they can find – everyone from your boss, his priest, to your postman – if they think birth control is right for you. She also suggests that you ask yourself why you insist on having sex for fun. Hang on until the end. She takes a quick jab at another controversial, penis-related issue. She gets her message across in a funny, biting and truthful way.

Watch the video at the link~http://reverbpress.com/discovery/sexuality/amy-schumers-republican-approved-birth-control-ad-clever-truthful-videos/

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Amy Schumer’s New Birth Control Ad Blasts GOP War On Women (Original Post) sheshe2 May 2015 OP
K&R!!!!!!!!!!! burrowowl May 2015 #1
Rachel played this segment on her show tonight - it was great! bullwinkle428 May 2015 #2
K & R nt okaawhatever May 2015 #3
great video, and the ending was a slam dunk Takket May 2015 #4
Her recent version of 12 Angry Men was hilarious Tsiyu May 2015 #5
I have to watch that NewJeffCT May 2015 #25
Funny 12 Angry Men Story Tsiyu May 2015 #38
Damn that's good. Saw it on Rachel Hekate May 2015 #6
Saw it on Rachel oldandhappy May 2015 #7
She is great. progressoid May 2015 #8
Kick.. mahalo she Cha May 2015 #9
Hey you~ thanks. sheshe2 May 2015 #10
You're Welcome.. thank you! Cha May 2015 #11
I posted about this early in the week but couldn't find... tk2kewl May 2015 #12
She's great. Chuck Schumer's first cousin. JaneyVee May 2015 #13
Does not apply to MALE employees? HockeyMom May 2015 #14
^^^THIS^^^ Android3.14 May 2015 #15
That's funny. aikoaiko May 2015 #16
video doesnt play Stinky The Clown May 2015 #17
I can't get it to work either. Pacifist Patriot May 2015 #18
I found it in several places on other sites, but none of them would work either. Stinky The Clown May 2015 #19
Me too! Do they all link back to the original and it's been moved? Pacifist Patriot May 2015 #20
I can't either. JDPriestly May 2015 #22
Didn't for me either. hifiguy May 2015 #21
Bookmarking for later viewing.. AuntPatsy May 2015 #23
saw it on Lawrence O'Donnell the other night napkinz May 2015 #24
hello napkinz................ sheshe2 May 2015 #28
hey sheshe napkinz May 2015 #29
The video seems to have disappeared. SheilaT May 2015 #26
I first saw Amy Schumer on the Charlie Sheen Roast...damn, was she good! U4ikLefty May 2015 #27
Why are men allowed to have sex for fun without shame? Spiggitzfan May 2015 #30
Sex is one of the many cudgels they have in their vast arsenal....... wolfie001 May 2015 #33
Link to playing video justiceischeap May 2015 #31
kick Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #32
giant giant kick!!!! BlancheSplanchnik May 2015 #34
I like Amy a lot Snow Leopard May 2015 #35
wonder how many rape and death threats she's gotten for this? BlancheSplanchnik May 2015 #36
Kick! hifiguy May 2015 #37

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
25. I have to watch that
Thu May 7, 2015, 10:19 PM
May 2015

I saw her a few weeks ago on some comedy special and she was awesome - and 12 Angry Men is one of my favorite movies.

Tsiyu

(18,186 posts)
38. Funny 12 Angry Men Story
Mon May 11, 2015, 03:28 PM
May 2015


I was visiting my daughter's facebook page and saw pictures of her looking shocked and horrified at a bunch of angry guys screaming and pounding their fists on a table.

"WTF???? Who has upset my child this way?!"

She looked so startled and almost afraid. I was pissed. There's no call for that behavior toward my kid!

Then I found out they were color pictures from "12 Angry Men."

My daughter is an actress when she's not out saving the world.

I felt like an idiot, but I still laugh at myself about it. And the kids join right in.

 

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)
12. I posted about this early in the week but couldn't find...
Thu May 7, 2015, 08:42 AM
May 2015

The bit clipped out from the whole episode. Great video! Very funny - definitely puts the absurdity of the issue in clear focus.

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
14. Does not apply to MALE employees?
Thu May 7, 2015, 12:07 PM
May 2015

Hey, boss, I'm taking a sick day tomorrow to get my vasectomy. Can HE be fired too under this legislation? That would be outright discrimination if it ONLY applied to female employees. If they are using this religious discrimination against birth control. it cannot be just for females. Catholic church bans ALL birth control, which also includes condoms and vasectomies, for MEN too. Hey, guess these legislators forgot, or don't want to think, about firing males for contraceptive use.

Not just bigots, but morons too.

U4ikLefty

(4,012 posts)
27. I first saw Amy Schumer on the Charlie Sheen Roast...damn, was she good!
Fri May 8, 2015, 12:29 AM
May 2015

She's blown up since that time. Funny as hell...hope to catch her live someday.

Spiggitzfan

(35 posts)
30. Why are men allowed to have sex for fun without shame?
Sat May 9, 2015, 09:06 PM
May 2015

Republicans seem to think females should all be virgins just trembling at their touch, while all the men are free to enjoy sex and put as many notches on their belts as they can. Who they think men will have sex with is a mystery, since Republicans hate women, gays, prostitutes, & anybody else who might be on the receiving eND of a penis. So since they want to restrict women's sex & outlaw homosexuality, logically all the men would have to be blue-balled virgins who only have sex for procreation as well. That means any male sex aids must be restricted to only married couples who are healthy enough to bring up children. (Since their "logic" against marriage equality requires that couples procreate, we'll have to assume that the marriages of all sick, elderly, or people whose children have grown will all be dissolved by Jeeezus.) So employees of "Christian" businesses such as Hobby Lobby should not have access to penis pumps (covered by Medicare, btw) or viagra, without proof that they are trying to procreate. Maybe Christian bosses will even demand they get to watch- just to be sure.

wolfie001

(2,227 posts)
33. Sex is one of the many cudgels they have in their vast arsenal.......
Sun May 10, 2015, 07:26 AM
May 2015

.......of stupidity to divide and conquer their many gerrymandered congressional districts to maintain power. The great comics are all liberal Dems who provide a counter balance. Al Franken actually ran for and was elected to the Senate. I wish more would pursue politics. They embarrass the knuckle-draggers effortlessly.

 

Snow Leopard

(348 posts)
35. I like Amy a lot
Sun May 10, 2015, 12:38 PM
May 2015

just saw her live, about 4 weeks back, and she was very funny. I would only point out that she is missing a larger point here. I just googled a bunch of anti abortion protests and lo and behold there were a lot of women in that crowd. Most of the front lines and I would submit at least 50% if not more of the crowd. So, she might want to ask a few women too while she is at it. I don't think this message would play quite as well if the roles were reversed.

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