What's Missing From This Photo of Politicians Deciding the Future of Women's Health?

[demmiblue]

Source: Mother Jones

President Donald Trump met with the arch-conservative House Freedom Caucus at the White House Thursday to try to hammer out a deal on Obamacare repeal. A major question in the final negotiations? Whether or not maternity care and mammograms should be considered "essential" treatments covered by all health insurance policies under the Republican proposal. ("I wouldn't want to lose my mammograms," quipped Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), who supports scrapping the requirement. He apologized.)

The White House happily snapped a photo of the gathering that will go a long way toward deciding the future of women's health in America, and EMIILY's List, the group that works to elect pro-choice Democratic women to Congress, also blasted out a photo of the event to reporters. Notice anything?

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/03/trump-health-care-summit-white-guys

[KewlKat]

1. i kn ow, i know......no women

[demmiblue]

2. Sad that I didn't even have to look at the pic to know what the answer would be.

[shenmue]

3. Yeah

[Lucky Luciano]

4. True, but I thought the picture would have only 5 people or so.

However, it looks like a room with 30-50 people and they couldn't find (consider the input of even) one woman! Ridiculous.

[demmiblue]

6. The House Freedom Caucus is the ultimate boy's club...

There was one, but she is now retired.

[demmiblue]

5. Same as it ever was... 2012 Fashback:

This morning, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is holding a hearing titled “Lines Crossed: Separation of Church and State. Has the Obama Administration Trampled on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Conscience?” The topic, as you might guess, is the recent administration decision to mandate birth control coverage.

As you might not guess, the first panel of witnesses doesn’t include a single woman. The five-person, all-male panel consists of a Roman Catholic Bishop, a Lutheran Reverend, a rabbi and two professors.

Democrats on the panel were told they were allowed only one witness. They selected a young female Georgetown student, Sandra Fluke, who was going to discuss the repercussions of losing contraceptive coverage. But Representative Darrell Issa, the chairman, rejected her as “not qualified.”

When the hearing began this morning, the Democratic women on the committee walked out. Representative Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat, put out a statement blasting Issa:

https://www.thenation.com/article/republican-hearing-contraception-no-women-allowed/